On 18/03/2016 05:03, Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> After talking to a few diehard Gentoo fans at my local LUG, I decided I
> would like to give Gentoo another shot. Are there any good books that
> can supplement the Gentoo handbook as well as books that go more in
> depth than the Gent
On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:09:14 +, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > You will develop your way of doing things over time, and that way
> > could change as your needs do. Using your example of package.use,
> > moving USE flags from package.use to make.conf is an easy enough task
> > if you need to change.
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:03:47 -0400, Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
> After talking to a few diehard Gentoo fans at my local LUG, I decided I
> would like to give Gentoo another shot. Are there any good books that
> can supplement the Gentoo handbook
The Gentoo handbook really is the book. It's written by
> On Fri, 18 March 2016, at 6:07 am, Alan McKinnon
> wrote:
>
> …
> USE flags enable and disable features of software at compile-time. Take
> for example a music player. Maybe it can store the metadata about your
> music in flat files, in sqlite, in mysql or postgres. Now you must make
> a cho
Not sure of any books, but some documents on the Gentoo Wiki about the
various projects are helpful.
I use /etc/portage/package.{use,accept_keywords}/* in a somewhat unusual
way. For each package
that needs tuning the USE flags beyond the eselected profile and some
globals in make.conf, I have
a f
Hello,
After talking to a few diehard Gentoo fans at my local LUG, I decided I
would like to give Gentoo another shot. Are there any good books that can
supplement the Gentoo handbook as well as books that go more in depth than
the Gentoo chapter on Portage? One of the main issues I faced with
Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Friday 18 March 2016 12:03:46 Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> > Top Oxymorons Number 33: American history
>
> Top Oxymorons Number 1a: atonal music.
I don't agree to the second statement. ;-)
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Regards
wabe
On Friday 18 March 2016 12:03:46 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> Top Oxymorons Number 33: American history
Top Oxymorons Number 1a: atonal music.
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Rgds
Peter
On Friday 18 March 2016 09:08:53 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> No one gets it right first time, there are many choices and many ways of
> doing things. No book can tell you which way is right for you, only
> experience can do that. Getting things like this wrong is a natural part
> of the Gentoo learning
On 18/03/2016 17:29, Stroller wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 March 2016, at 6:07 am, Alan McKinnon
>> wrote:
>>
>> …
>> USE flags enable and disable features of software at compile-time. Take
>> for example a music player. Maybe it can store the metadata about your
>> music in flat files, in sqlite, in
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