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is a distribution that excels at compile-time customizability. As a
rule, all packages are compiled from source code. Binary packages are
rare and but offered for reserved for cases like OpenOffice.Org, which can take hours
to compile on modern machines.
==Using Gentoo at Virginia Tech==
===Local Mirror===
Virginia Tech provides a Gentoo mirror at [http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/gentoo/].
You can make use of it by modifying the GENTOO_MIRRORS variable in
(Note that the via rsync the URL has no /pub directory but via http the link is [http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/gentoo-portage http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/gentoo-portage].)
===NTP===Virginia Tech has NTP servers. See the [http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=VT_NTP VT [NTP|NTParticle]] article for details.
===Email===It is easy to download your pid@vt.edu mail in Thunderbird, Evolution or your other mail client of choice. See [http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=VT_Mail [Email|VT MailEmail article]] for details.
===Wireless===
Connecting to VT-Wireless using WPA_Supplicant is easy. Below is an example wpa_supplicant.conf entry. See the [[VT-Wireless]] article for full details.
<pre>network={
}
</pre>
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