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Old Intel Pentium PC: am I an i586? Does Gentoo provide i586 packages? What else am I compatible with? [duplicate]
Greetings Super Users!
I've recently commenced revitalizing a very old PC. She's running an Intel Pentium, x86_64. I thought I'd give Gentoo a go because I've found it very appealing and as a Bedrock ...
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Can anybody show me how to properly install Funtoo Linux on Btrfs filesystem (EFI)?
Well, I've tried to install Funtoo Linux and Arch Linux on Btrfs as root filesystem (in my notebook, so it's EFI) but I just could not reach this objective even following every kind of tutorials I've ...
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Trying to install Gentoo Linux, stuck at GRUB
I am trying to install Gentoo Linux, following the instructions on their website, but I cannot go beyond a GRUB prompt.
I downloaded the "Minimal Installation CD" ISO, AMD64, 2019.04.21, and burned ...
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gentoo - Disable parallel build for llvm
I have Gentoo installed on computer with relatively small amount of RAM (1 GB). When I install llvm (emerge -a llvm), the computer always goes out of memory. All 4 cc1plus processes are using about 25 ...
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How to install eclipse 4.3.1 on a gentoo linux system?
Currently there is no ebuild for eclipse standard 4.3.1 so the installation has to be done manually. How is a clean installation of eclipse on a gentoo system possible?
Is it sufficient to extract ...
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Installing Gentoo with precompiled kernel from USB disk
I'm new with Gentoo and I got a pretty interesting task to do. Before I start with question, I must tell you that I installed Gentoo once for now, and this installation was successfull - without any ...
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Setting up Gentoo : Entering the new Envriontment step (chrooting)
I'm a Windows person trying to get to know Linux and having a go at installing Gentoo on a VM.
I seem to have got stuck at a simple step, Entering the new Environment :
When I enter the first of the ...
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installing a linux iso from within a university network
In order to install gentoo, I need to connect to a university wireless internet network. It requires a username and password login/authentication.
I'm wondering if anyone has any advice in terms of ...
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Remote install of Debian or Gentoo - steps and grub?
I have a remote server currently installed with CentOS and I'll be doing a remote install of a new operating system - either gentoo or debian.
I've seen other related questions in here, but given ...
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How to watch installed security updates on gentoo
I need to see currently installed updates and security patches on Linux Gentoo. How I can do this?
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Install gentoo on macbook pro
I'd like to install Gentoo on my Macbook Pro, which I bought in early 2011. The model is 7.1. All I have done was follow the Gentoo Macbook Pro wiki. I used diskutils to partition my disk, then I ...
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Gentoo install yabootconfig loop
I've been installing Gentoo on an iBook G4 from the minimal cd. The install seemed to be working perfectly, until I came to "Configuring the Bootloader" in the handbook. I followed all of the steps ...
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