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==What is Gentoo?==
[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo GNU/Linux]
is a distribution that excels at compile-time customizability. As a
rule, all packages are compiled from source code. Binary packages are
rare and 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
/etc/make.conf. An example setting for the variable is below.
<pre>GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org/"</pre>
Virginia Tech also provides a portage mirror that you can 'emerge --sync' to:
<pre>SYNC="rsync://mirror.cc.vt.edu/gentoo-portage"</pre>
(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] 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 VT Mail] 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={
ssid="VT-Wireless"
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
eap=TLS
identity="PID"
private_key="/PATH/TO/NETCERT.p12"
private_key_passwd="PASSWORD"
}
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[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo GNU/Linux]
is a distribution that excels at compile-time customizability. As a
rule, all packages are compiled from source code. Binary packages are
rare and 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
/etc/make.conf. An example setting for the variable is below.
<pre>GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org/"</pre>
Virginia Tech also provides a portage mirror that you can 'emerge --sync' to:
<pre>SYNC="rsync://mirror.cc.vt.edu/gentoo-portage"</pre>
(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] 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 VT Mail] 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={
ssid="VT-Wireless"
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
eap=TLS
identity="PID"
private_key="/PATH/TO/NETCERT.p12"
private_key_passwd="PASSWORD"
}
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