Gentoo Linux (pronounced /ˈdʒɛntuː/ JEN-too) is a Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system. Unlike a binary software distribution...
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This is a list of Gentoo Linux derivatives. CloverOS GNU/Linux was a Gentoo image (stage4) and binhost optimized for performance that aims to be both...
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Portage (software) (redirect from Gentoo/FreeBSD)
for and used by Gentoo Linux and also by ChromeOS and Calculate among others. Portage is based on the concept of ports collections. Gentoo is sometimes referred...
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Hat Customer Portal. "Going 100% Libre with Gentoo". wiki.gentoo.org. "Gentoo Linux Hybrid ISO". Gentoo Linux. Retrieved 4 June 2022. "A "Hello World" virtual...
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Sabayon Linux or Sabayon (formerly RR4 Linux and RR64 Linux), was an Italian Gentoo-based Linux distribution created by Fabio Erculiani and the Sabayon...
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The gentoo penguin (/ˈdʒɛntuː/ JEN-too) (Pygoscelis papua) is a penguin species (or possibly a species complex) in the genus Pygoscelis, most closely related...
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Gentoo Linux". www.gentoo.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-23. "Gentoo X86 Handbook - Gentoo Wiki". wiki.gentoo.org. Archived...
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Look up Gentoo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gentoo may refer to: Gentoo penguin, a species of bird. Gentoo Linux, a computer operating system distribution...
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Calculate Linux is a Linux distribution optimized for fast deployment in an organization environment. It is based on the Gentoo Linux project and includes...
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Runlevel (redirect from Linux Runlevels)
Specification 4.1. 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-21. "Slackware Linux Runlevels". Retrieved 2013-06-11. "Gentoo Linux Runlevels". Retrieved 2013-06-11. "Debian runlevel...
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Systemd (redirect from Systemd/Linux)
upstream recommends the use of systemd-logind instead. The developers of Gentoo Linux also attempted to adapt these changes in OpenRC, but the implementation...
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gentoo is a free file manager for Linux and other Unix-like computer systems created by Emil Brink. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License...
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Container Linux shares foundations with Gentoo Linux, ChromeOS, and ChromiumOS through a common software development kit (SDK). Container Linux adds new...
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the Gentoo Linux project and was its former chief architect. In 2008, he launched the Funtoo project, a free Linux distribution based on Gentoo, and...
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Fedora Linux (Red Hat), openSUSE (SUSE) and Ubuntu (Canonical Ltd.), and entirely community-driven distributions, such as Debian, Slackware, Gentoo and Arch...
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Distributions in which Linux is the default kernel used and which propose Linux-libre as an alternative kernel: Arch Linux Fedora Gentoo Linux Mandriva-derived...
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active in the Gentoo project. It became more broadly adopted as an init system outside of Gentoo following the decision by some Linux distributions not...
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ChromiumOS (category Gentoo Linux derivatives)
includes the Portage package manager, which was originally developed for Gentoo Linux. Because ChromiumOS and ChromeOS use a browser engine for the user interface...
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Aufs (category File systems supported by the Linux kernel)
"Gentoo Linux - Gentoo Linux - LiveDVD 11.0". Gentoo.org. 2011-03-08. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2012-04-19. "Gentoo Linux -...
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Pentoo (category Gentoo Linux derivatives)
Based on Gentoo Linux, Pentoo is provided both as 32 and 64-bit installable live CD. Pentoo is also available as an overlay for an existing Gentoo installation...
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Tux (mascot) (redirect from Linux penguin)
for Workgroups 3.11, which was released in 1993. In some Linux distributions, for example Gentoo, Tux greets the user during booting with multi-processor...
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ChromeOS (category Gentoo Linux derivatives)
February 2010, the ChromiumOS development team switched to Gentoo Linux because Gentoo's package management system Portage was more flexible. The ChromiumOS...
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service dependency; used by Alpine Linux, Gentoo and its derivatives, and available as an option in Devuan and Artix Linux. runit, a cross-platform full replacement...
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List of software package management systems (redirect from List of Linux package management systems)
command, originally created for and used by Gentoo Linux; RPM Package Manager: Created by Red Hat. RPM is the Linux Standard Base packaging format and the...
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Korora (operating system) (category RPM-based Linux distributions)
Fedora Linux distribution. Originally Kororaa was a binary installation method for Gentoo Linux which aimed for easy installation of a Gentoo system by...
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needed] Originally, Alpine Linux began as an embedded-first distribution for devices such as wireless routers, based on Gentoo Linux, inspired by GNAP and...
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light-weight Linux distribution is a Linux distribution that uses lower memory and processor-speed requirements than a more "feature-rich" Linux distribution...
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X86-64 (redirect from 64bit linux)
Intel 64 under the architecture name "amd64". Some Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo Linux refer to both AMD64 and Intel 64 under the architecture...
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Nova (operating system) (redirect from Nova Linux)
[citation needed] The first version of Nova, called Baire, was based on Gentoo Linux, while Nova 2.1 Desktop Edition was based on Ubuntu. Nova Escritorio...
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operating system, founded after Project Trident decided to build on Void Linux instead of TrueOS. Discontinued in October 2020. GhostBSD – a FreeBSD-based...
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