060603 Jason Lixfeld wrote:
> I am very impressed with Gentoo.  It's far superior to RedHat.

No-one is likely to disagree with you here (grin).

> 1) periodic(8) -- run periodic system functions.

 sys-process/vixie-cron .

> 2) pkg_version -- summarize installed versions of packages.

All installed packages are listed in  /var/db/pkg/  under types.
Emerge  app-portage/eix  & enter 'eix <pkg>' for individual packages.

> 3) portaudit(1) -- check installed packages for known vulnerabilities.

Emerge  app-portage/gentoolkit , then enter

  glsa-check -l | grep "\[N\]"

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