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Today I discovered another linux kernel patchset/fork that attempts to bring many features not in mainline together, called pf-kernel. Quoting from its website: “pf-kernel is another Linux kernel fork, that provides you with new useful features, that are not merged into mainline. It’s not based on any existing Linux fork or patchset, but some parts [...]
I’m a nominee for the upcoming Gentoo Council (thanks Markos ). To help developers decide if they want to vote for me, I wrote a short manifesto. It follows: swift. decisive. vigilant. for an even better Gentoo! — this year I’ve decided not to write a long, tiresome manifesto. there is no point in making [...]
Qt 4.7 beta 1 is now available in the qting-edge overlay. To install it, add the overlay (using layman or PORTDIR_OVERLAY) and unmask qt-4.7_beta1 by copying or linking the keywords file we provide in your /etc/portage/package.unmask/ folder. ln -s /path/to/qting-edge/Documentation/package.keywords/qt-4.7 /etc/portage/package.unmask/ # IF YOU USE A package.unmask FILE, run the following INSTEAD cat /path/to/qting-edge/Documentation/package.keywords/qt-4.7 >> [...]
For the last few days, linuxized.com has been enjoying its new home, a linode.com VPS. Running Gentoo. Of-course A 24/7 remote box had been on my wish-list for some time and my shared-hosting 1-year contract was ending, when I discovered linode.com. They give you a VPS and let you do anything you want with it. [...]
This year’s FOSDEM is just around the corner! (February 6th/7th, Brussels, Belgium) A lot of interesting talks and presentations will take place and I’m pretty sure there’s going to be a lot of beer too! ^_^ Many Gentoo Developers will be there for the whole weekend, including me See you all there
I’ve been using firefox for too long. Its excellent vimperator extension has prevented me from switching to anything else, but it is beginning to show its age. Slow loading times, occasional crashes, horrible JS performance… Meet uzbl. Wordplay for usable. Its developers describe it as web interface tools which adhere to the unix philosophy. I [...]
Today we renamed kde-testing back to kde in layman. You should remove and add the overlay again: layman -d kde-testing; layman -L; layman -a kde; In other news, Qt 4.6.0 final was released by Nokia yesterday. You’ll find ebuilds in portage’s ~testing. If you’re using stable and want to try it out, make sure you [...]
So… qt-*-4.6.0_rc1 is now in the portage tree, masked (since its not a final release) and you can begin testing your shiny Qt applications with it. But there’s a catch. 4.6.0_rc1 is not binary compatible with 4.6.0_beta1. [1] This means that if you’re upgrading from 4.6.0_beta1 you have to rebuild every single app depending on [...]
As most of you know, KDE 3.5 is getting off the Gentoo train for various reasons mentioned elsewhere (in short: security, lack of upstream interest). Some people are still using it though and they have been asking how they can keep it on their system, without emerge screaming each time they try to update world. [...]
Starting today, Greek Gentoo users have their own mailing list to discuss stuff and ask questions: gentoo-user-el. For more info on how to subscribe, please visit http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml The list is not mentioned there yet, but you can use it normally. [the rest of this message is in greek] Οι έλληνες χρήστες του Gentoo έχουν πλέον [...]