gentle nexus Mar 25, 2026, 6:22 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:23 PM

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i think it looks about right

gentle nexus Mar 25, 2026, 6:24 PM

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I did 32gb swap

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Because I have 16gb ram

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:24 PM

#

well

#

i have 4 GB swap with 16 GB RAM

#

i never did it with 32 GB but

#

if you read more into the partitioning part with swap

#

it might show details about hibernation and sleeping

gentle nexus Mar 25, 2026, 6:25 PM

#

It says

#

Ram x 2

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:25 PM

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alright then, i guess you can go ahead

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:30 PM

#

ye done

#

now

#

do i just

#

mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1

#

do this

#

but with nvme0n1p1

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:30 PM

#

yeah if that is your EFI partition

#

do that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:30 PM

#

okaz doneee

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:31 PM

#

for swap, its just mkswap

#

and for the file system

#

which filesystem actually?

#

ext4? xfs?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:31 PM

#

uhhhhh

#

i only chose

#

linux filesystem

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:31 PM

#

oh that's fine

#

you only choose the filesystem by the mkfs.<filesystem> command

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:31 PM

#

do i also need to do

#

swapon

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:31 PM

#

yeah

#

i think

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:31 PM

#

fervent geyser you only choose the filesystem by the mkfs.<filesystem> command

in cfdisk

#

the type is linux filesystem

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:32 PM

#

you have to do the mkfs command outside cfdisk after you are done with it

#

brb

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:32 PM

#

#

what is this

#

ah sudo

#

okay

#

btw it gets srtaight to mounting the root partition

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:33 PM

#

back

#

oh about the livegui

#

you can directly just do su iirc

#

that will make you root

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:34 PM

#

okayyy

#

do i do mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:35 PM

#

yes, if you want ext4 as your filesystem

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:35 PM

#

#

yay these are done okayyy

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:35 PM

#

alright now

#

make sure to mount them

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:35 PM

#

mkdir --parents /mnt/gentoo

#

these

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:35 PM

#

except the swap, ofc

#

/mnt/gentoo should already exist in the livecd iirc

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:36 PM

#

ah i did it tho

#

is that ok

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:36 PM

#

its fine

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:36 PM

#

mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt/gentoo

#

so this now

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:36 PM

#

yup

#

after that, make a directory inside the root of /mnt/gentoo which is called efi

#

as shown in the handbook

#

/mnt/gentoo/efi

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:38 PM

#

i just type mkdir --parents /mnt/gentoo/efi after mounting the root

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:38 PM

#

yeah

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:38 PM

#

or i cd

#

into

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:38 PM

#

then mount the efi partition

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:38 PM

#

do i cd first

#

to /mnt/gentoo

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:38 PM

#

its optional

#

you can directly put the absolute path

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:38 PM

#

i cded

#

okay now mkdir --parents /mnt/gentoo/efi

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:39 PM

#

okay

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:39 PM

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:39 PM

#

then mount it

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:39 PM

#

it wasnt in the handbook

#

how

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:39 PM

#

you can just uh

#

what is your efi partition?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:39 PM

#

the first one<

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:40 PM

#

you have to mount it to /mnt/gentoo/efi

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:40 PM

#

nvme0n1p1

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:40 PM

#

yeah

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:40 PM

#

so mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/gentoo/efi

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:40 PM

#

yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:40 PM

#

donee

#

date and time

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

#

okay so about that

#

first type in date

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

#

to show if its atleast close to the real time

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

#

ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

#

if its like

#

really far away

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

#

only 1 hour less

#

here

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

#

okay its fine then

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

#

alrighttt

#

what do i do now

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:41 PM

#

so since you are on livegui

#

you should choose your stage3 tarball

#

which you will wget that link

#

into /mnt/gentoo

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:42 PM

#

im already in mnt/gentoo

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:42 PM

#

okay in that case then

#

you must wget a link of the tarball you choose

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:43 PM

#

https://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20260322T154603Z/stage3-amd64-openrc-20260322T154603Z.tar.xz

#

like dis<

#

i want openrc

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:43 PM

#

i believe so yeah

#

wget it inside mnt/gentoo

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:43 PM

#

okay done

#

tar xpvf stage3-.tar.xz --xattrs-include='.*' --numeric-owner -C /mnt/gentoo

#

now this<

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:44 PM

#

yup

#

that will unpack the entire stage3 tarball filesystem into mnt/gentoo

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:44 PM

#

done

#

yay

#

alright

#

now idk wat to do

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:44 PM

#

now

#

use nano to edit /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf to atleast choose your MAKEOPTS

#

or view it atleast

#

i personally just use -j8 in MAKEOPTS

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:45 PM

#

nano /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:45 PM

#

yes

#

remember though

#

the -j depends on your amount of CPU cores

#

make sure not to do ALL of it

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:45 PM

#

how do i check that

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:45 PM

#

choose a reasonable balance

#

you can check your cores via nproc

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:46 PM

#

12

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:46 PM

#

oh wow, its the same cores as i got

#

i use -j8

#

but remember

#

i think there's a notice telling regarding RAM usage of multiple jobs

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:46 PM

#

fervent geyser i think there's a notice telling regarding RAM usage of multiple jobs

i got 16gb of ram

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:46 PM

#

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

#

ye j8 is good

#

i got

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

#

i personally use -j8 which is 8 cores

#

yeah

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

#

16gb of ram

#

but what do i type

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

#

you can use -j8

#

well

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

#

MAKEOPTS="-j4 -l5"

#

this<

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

#

you are in the make.conf file right?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

#

ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

#

yeah but replace the -j4 with -j8

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

#

gentle tapir MAKEOPTS="-j4 -l5"

but wit 8?

#

is the -l5 staying

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:48 PM

#

you CAN keep the -l part

#

its load-average

#

but i don't use that so

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:48 PM

#

and do i type it at the end of the lines

#

like

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:48 PM

#

gentle tapir and do i type it at the end of the lines

like after the lc_messages

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

#

it doesn't matter where it is put

#

you can put MAKEOPTS at the top, or the bottom

#

anywhere you like

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

#

okay done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

#

you can now save the file

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

#

do i need to put sm else

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

#

well

#

its optional

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

#

i also have an nvidia rtx 4050

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

#

you'll see more in the next steps

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

#

if it matters anything

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

#

it should

#

next chapter should cover it i believe

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:50 PM

#

alright

#

installing the base system

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:50 PM

#

okay

#

now before anything

#

run that copy dns info command

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:50 PM

#

cp --dereference /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/

#

dis

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:50 PM

#

yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:50 PM

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:50 PM

#

now you can do arch-chroot /mnt/gentoo

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:50 PM

#

mount --types proc /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys
mount --make-rslave /mnt/gentoo/sys
mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
mount --make-rslave /mnt/gentoo/dev
mount --bind /run /mnt/gentoo/run
mount --make-slave /mnt/gentoo/run

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:50 PM

#

or that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:50 PM

#

can i write this

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:51 PM

#

its optional

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:51 PM

#

into a single line of code

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:51 PM

#

remember the notice it says

#

you are on gentoo's install media right?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:51 PM

#

yeee

#

live

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:51 PM

#

if so, you can just type arch-chroot /mnt/gentoo

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:51 PM

#

gui

#

arch-chroot /mnt/gentoo

#

okaz

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:51 PM

#

now you are in your filesystem

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:51 PM

#

source /etc/profile

#

dis?

#

than the export?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:52 PM

#

i gues

#

yeah

#

also after those commands

#

you can read the green tip

#

it should help you genuinely

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:52 PM

#

ah okay

#

@echo totem here

#

prepearing for bootloader

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:53 PM

#

you can skip the mount commands as you've already mounted the partitions

#

its just for making sure

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:53 PM

#

ah okay

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:53 PM

#

now comes the fun part

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:53 PM

#

configuring portage

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:53 PM

#

emerge-webrsync

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:53 PM

#

emerge-webrsync

#

ze

#

wat does this do

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

it explains above

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

ah ok

#

i ran it

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

no errors?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

done

#

ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

alr good

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

everthings fine

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

you can skip the optional parts it says

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

fervent geyser you can skip the optional parts it says

ye mirrors

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

#

alr

#

you can also read the news items

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:55 PM

#

choosing the right profile

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 6:55 PM

#

gentle tapir prepearing for bootloader

Good

#

Why 2 accounts 😅

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:55 PM

#

i dont know lol.

#

eselect profile list

#

what am i supposed to select

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:55 PM

#

so you want openrc right?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:55 PM

#

yes

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:55 PM

#

but do you also want some pre-installed big dependencies?

#

if so

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:55 PM

#

ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:56 PM

#

choose the desktop profile that does not mention systemd

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:56 PM

#

so it will be easy

#

#

is 7 fine??

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:56 PM

#

do you want plasma?

#

if so, then use that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:56 PM

#

ye why not

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:56 PM

#

alr

#

choose 7 then

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:57 PM

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:57 PM

#

this is optional but will hlep you greatly

#

its about binary hosts

#

actually

#

you probably already have one preconfigured

#

but in that case

#

run getuto

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:57 PM

#

okay

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:57 PM

#

so it gets the gpg keys

#

for verification

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:58 PM

#

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:58 PM

#

yeah its good

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:58 PM

#

now what

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:58 PM

#

now

#

run emerge --info

#

you can finally interact with the package manager so

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:58 PM

#

r u reading the handbook aswell? ur u know this

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:58 PM

#

yeah i am

#

to make sure i don't make mistakes too

#

as the handbook is good

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:59 PM

#

fairs

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:59 PM

#

fervent geyser run emerge --info

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:59 PM

#

you can also append | grep ^USE

#

well

#

i think you should be fine with the use flags already

#

since you want plasma

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:59 PM

#

alright then

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 6:59 PM

#

but in hte case you want to add a global use flag

#

you can add them to make.conf

#

remember though

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 6:59 PM

#

na its probably fine like this

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:00 PM

#

a single USE="flag" won't remove all other flags

#

its just appending it

#

if you want to remove a flag you don't like, e.g. bluetooth

#

you do USE="-bluetooth"

#

USE=

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:00 PM

#

it can stay tbh

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:00 PM

#

sure

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:00 PM

#

i dont mind them

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:00 PM

#

alr

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:00 PM

#

whats the next step

#

cuz im lost

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:00 PM

#

now for video cards

#

remember you said you have nvidia gpu right?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:01 PM

#

ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:01 PM

#

this is a relevant part

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:01 PM

#

rtx 4050

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:01 PM

#

make a file named 00video_cards in /etc/portage/package.use

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:01 PM

#

how

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:01 PM

#

nano

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:02 PM

#

whats the command

#

i mean

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:02 PM

#

alr let me show

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:02 PM

#

im pretty much a newbie sorry

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:02 PM

#

its fine

#

so as you are in the chroot

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:02 PM

#

i am

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:02 PM

#

it shouldn't matter if its absolute as you are in your filesystem and not in the livecd's filesystem

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:02 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:02 PM

#

so you can do nano /etc/portage/package.use/00video_cards

#

if package.use does not exist

#

mkdir it

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:03 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:03 PM

#

okay

#

/*/ VIDEO_CARDS: -* nvidia in you and i's case

#

OH

#

and

#

maybe intel

#

if you have intel integrated gpu

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:03 PM

#

okat so

#

what do i type

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:03 PM

#

fervent geyser if you have intel integrated gpu

i do prob

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:04 PM

#

#

here

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:04 PM

#

/ VIDEO_CARDS: -* intel nvidia

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:04 PM

#

you use a laptop btw right?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:04 PM

#

yes

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:04 PM

#

i use a laptop with intel iGPU and nvidia dGPU so

#

yeah in that case

#

type that

#

now for the next thing

#

ACCEPT_LICENSE

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:05 PM

#

#

do i save and exit

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:05 PM

#

correct

#

yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:05 PM

#

okay done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:05 PM

#

so first things first

#

do you want all packages even with non-free licenses?

#

or do you prefer choosing individually?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:06 PM

#

hm

#

all is good

#

i dont really mind

#

lol

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:06 PM

#

in that case

#

you can put ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" in make.conf

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:06 PM

#

fervent geyser you can put `ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"` in make.conf

nano make.conf

#

?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:07 PM

#

/etc/portage/make.conf

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:07 PM

#

i forgot the location

#

ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:07 PM

#

and nano, yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:07 PM

#

done

#

saved and exited

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:07 PM

#

alr

#

now the next step is rather optional

#

but it might help

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:07 PM

#

alr

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:08 PM

#

emerge -avuDN @world will make it so you update your system. equivalent to pacman -Syu

#

or

#

emerge -avugDN @world which will download binaries, or compile if no use flags match or no binaries found

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:12 PM

#

back

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:12 PM

#

alright

#

you can also type the long version of the flags

#

or the short versions as i said there

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:13 PM

#

#

this is the -avugDN one

#

there is an error

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:13 PM

#

hmm circular dependencies

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:14 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:14 PM

#

have you tried the non binary version?

#

yes i know it might take a while but

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:14 PM

#

fervent geyser `emerge -avugDN @world` which will download binaries, or compile if no use flags...

i did this one

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:14 PM

#

fervent geyser `emerge -avuDN @world` will make it so you update your system. equivalent to `pa...

and this one also

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:15 PM

#

same results?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:15 PM

#

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:15 PM

#

fervent geyser `emerge -avuDN @world` will make it so you update your system. equivalent to `pa...

this is this one

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:15 PM

#

oh it says a solution there at the bottom

#

"it might be possible to break this cycle"

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:15 PM

#

what is it

#

ah ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:16 PM

#

you can apply one of either of those changes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:16 PM

#

where

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:16 PM

#

remember package.use?

#

you can create a new file there

#

any name will work

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:16 PM

#

whats the code

#

ply

#

plz

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:16 PM

#

nano /etc/portage/package.use/filename

#

remember to change the filename to something else

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that you can memorize

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:17 PM

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nano /etc/portage/package.use/pain

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is good

#

lmao

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:17 PM

#

alr

#

btw fun fact

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:17 PM

#

created it

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:17 PM

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fervent geyser btw fun fact

hm?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:17 PM

#

you can separate the files inside that directory, or put all useflags you want to one single file

#

its all optional and a choice after all

#

for example, if you want steam

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:18 PM

#

its good like dis

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:18 PM

#

alr

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:18 PM

#

fervent geyser for example, if you want steam

after i did everthing got a de and all that ill prob need firefox

#

and etc

#

steam

#

sober

#

roblox

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:18 PM

#

okay

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:18 PM

#

yk

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:18 PM

#

yeah i know

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:18 PM

#

#

im in here

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:19 PM

#

now either put media-libs/tiff -webp or uh

#

the other one

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:19 PM

#

media-libs/tiff -webp

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:19 PM

#

once again i advise you change the filename to what you want

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:19 PM

#

ill do this

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:19 PM

#

yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:19 PM

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:19 PM

#

also if you want to change the filename to pain for example

#

do mv /etc/portage/package.use/filename /etc/portage/package.use/pain

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:20 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:20 PM

#

yup

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:20 PM

#

so what now

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:20 PM

#

rerun the update command again

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:21 PM

#

oh ye

#

emerge -avuDN @world

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:21 PM

#

yes

#

or with g in it too

#

try with g first

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:21 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:21 PM

#

oh wel another fix then

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:21 PM

#

this is the one without

#

g

#

do i try with g

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:22 PM

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try that too i guess

#

it might error like the non g one too but eh

#

better to know the result

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:22 PM

#

emerge -avugDN

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:22 PM

#

yes

#

and @world

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:22 PM

#

okayy

#

#

well its doing something

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:23 PM

#

oh nice

#

its doing its job then

#

you can wait now

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:23 PM

#

kk

#

does it take long

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:24 PM

#

it should take maybe a few minutes

#

since many of those packages are binaries

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:24 PM

#

alright

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:25 PM

#

fervent geyser since many of those packages are binaries

Why did he choose binary packages?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:25 PM

#

so it does not take very long

#

again, gentoo is about choice

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:26 PM

#

echo totem Why did he choose binary packages?

hi

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:26 PM

#

not about always compiling

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:26 PM

#

fervent geyser not about always compiling

Right

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

gentle tapir hi

Hi

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

Helloooo

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

So ia why did you choose gentoo?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

well i could also ask that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

tbh

#

i wanteed a challange lmao

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

since you said you are a newbie

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

i mean yeah pretty much

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

well to be honest? i actualy installed gentoo because of that too

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

i tried every distro

#

but not this

#

and im a newbie at this

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:27 PM

#

but i also want customization

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

fervent geyser well to be honest? i actualy installed gentoo because of that too

Sounds about right. Many people get to use gentoo because of that

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

fervent geyser but i also want customization

I mainly started using gentoo because of this

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

its not extremely hard tbh

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

ill probably daily drive it

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

I was also a “newbie” relatively speaking

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

its just reading the handbook

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

just gotta get used to it

#

probably

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

fervent geyser its just reading the handbook

Pretty much

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

gentoo is as easy as arch linux

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

At least you learn not to skim but to read

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

gentle tapir ill probably daily drive it

Cool

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

fervent geyser gentoo is as easy as arch linux

well i never installed arch manually lol

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:28 PM

#

I’ve been daily driving for about 9 months

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:29 PM

#

just archinstall so nvidia drivers are easier

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:29 PM

#

echo totem I’ve been daily driving for about 9 months

it it hard?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:29 PM

#

it honestly shouldn't be

#

well

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:29 PM

#

gentle tapir it it hard?

If you keep yourself on a stable profile you won’t run into issues

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:29 PM

#

depends if you get dependency issues

#

or conflicts

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:29 PM

#

echo totem If you keep yourself on a stable profile you won’t run into issues

what u mean

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:29 PM

#

or even circular dependencies or slot conflicts

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

If not then you’ll have fun debugging gentoo

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

fervent geyser depends if you get dependency issues

ai is prettz much bad i asked gemini to help me

#

its just stupid

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

gentle tapir what u mean

don't use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

fervent geyser don't use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"

ah okay

#

do yall use a de

#

or a wm

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

fervent geyser don't use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"

this will make it so binary packages won't be fetched because it uses the testing part

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

gentle tapir its just stupid

Don’t worry

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

i use hyprland

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

cool

#

what about u @echo totem

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

with illogical-impulse

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

I use sway

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:30 PM

#

wow nice

#

i always used

#

i3

#

i wanted to try windowmaker for fun

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:31 PM

#

Sway is inspired by i3

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:31 PM

#

actually

#

sway IS i3

#

but wayland

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:31 PM

#

I used to use i3 but I changed to using Wayland instead of X and thus I wanted to switch i3 as well

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:31 PM

#

doesnt x11 work better

#

on nvidia

#

stuff

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:31 PM

#

fervent geyser but wayland

Yep

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:31 PM

#

gentle tapir stuff

it depends

#

i mean my gpu works very fine in wayland

#

and the same results apply in X11

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

whats ur gpu

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

GTX 1650 mobile

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

noice

#

this community is pretty nice lol

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

You code ia?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

echo totem You code ia?

not really

#

im learning

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

gentle tapir this community is pretty nice lol

Yep very friendly

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

also

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

im going to graduate

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

is the world update done yet?

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:32 PM

#

gentle tapir im learning

What language?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:33 PM

#

so i have to choose

#

a subject

#

to go to

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:33 PM

#

echo totem What language?

c++

#

a pain in the ass

#

lol

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:33 PM

#

gentle tapir to go to

i chose some

#

pc administrator

#

or wwtv

#

is it

#

its about cisco

#

and oses

#

etc

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:33 PM

#

fervent geyser is the world update done yet?

ai check out this question

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:33 PM

#

networking

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:33 PM

#

fervent geyser is the world update done yet?

ah sorry

#

its updting

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:33 PM

#

sorry if im interrupting

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

or wtv

#

its doing

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

alr

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

na its okay

#

idk what its doing xd

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

fervent geyser sorry if im interrupting

No you are not

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

i think its best the installation is finished first before talking about these lol

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

You code miniature?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

just saying

#

i do python

#

but unfortunately

#

i depend a lot on AI

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

fervent geyser i do python

thats cool

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

because its just

#

difficult

#

but i do know what i am doing

#

so there's that

#

so if the AI makes a mistake, i deal with it myself

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:34 PM

#

how old are yall

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:35 PM

#

You are doing backend development

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:35 PM

#

this is what i do python with: https://codeberg.org/MiniatureEge2006/g-man

Codeberg.org

g-man

Multipurpose Discord bot made in discord.py

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:36 PM

#

gentle tapir how old are yall

19, will turn 20 this year

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:36 PM

#

oh wow

#

im turning 15 on june

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:36 PM

#

fervent geyser this is what i do python with: https://codeberg.org/MiniatureEge2006/g-man

Rise and shine

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:36 PM

#

yes, G-Man

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:36 PM

#

gentle tapir how old are yall

17 over here

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:36 PM

#

nice

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:36 PM

#

literally G-Man from HL

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:36 PM

#

so im pretty much the youngest here

#

lol

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:36 PM

#

gentle tapir so im pretty much the youngest here

Among us 3 yes

#

But there are 13yo guys using gentoo

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:37 PM

#

oh wow

#

they are literally better than me lol

#

not being able to speak english natively is so bad

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:37 PM

#

gentle tapir they are literally better than me lol

Well they are using gentoo already so ig they are 🤷‍♂️

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:37 PM

#

like

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:37 PM

#

echo totem Well they are using gentoo already so ig they are 🤷‍♂️

yeah

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:37 PM

#

gentle tapir not being able to speak english natively is so bad

Don’t worry English isn’t my mother tongue neither

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:37 PM

#

well u talk it

#

pretty well

#

188 out of 255

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

gentle tapir well u talk it

Ty

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

gentle tapir

Close

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

gentle tapir 188 out of 255

alright

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

yw

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

Why are there so many packages tho?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

dependencies of kde plasma

#

i believe

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

why does my mouse get bigger when i start moving it around fast lol

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

fervent geyser dependencies of kde plasma

Ohh that’s why

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

gentle tapir why does my mouse get bigger when i start moving it around fast lol

kde plasma feature

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:38 PM

#

ye i chose kde plasma

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:39 PM

#

it can be disabled in settings

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:39 PM

#

fervent geyser it can be disabled in settings

ah okay

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:39 PM

#

but i advise you do that after installing gentoo lol

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:39 PM

#

ye

#

look lol

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:40 PM

#

yeah its infinite iirc

#

if you stop moving it, it'll reset

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:40 PM

#

gentle tapir look lol

What happened to the cursor?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:40 PM

#

ye

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:40 PM

#

echo totem What happened to the cursor?

it ate too much

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:40 PM

#

oh also i noticed

#

you are ALMOST done

#

it showed 230 something

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:40 PM

#

fervent geyser you are ALMOST done

yay

#

is the installation going to be harder now?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:41 PM

#

actually no

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:41 PM

#

yay

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:41 PM

#

its just more steps

#

there's no "difficult" in here so

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:41 PM

#

Wait you installed kde plasma before installing?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:41 PM

#

no its a live gui

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:41 PM

#

technically its in the chroot

#

he is installing plasma in the chroot

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:41 PM

#

oh ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:41 PM

#

so after he reboots when finishing the installation, it'll boot there

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:41 PM

#

oh for real?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:42 PM

#

i guess

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:42 PM

#

i tought there will be no DE

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:42 PM

#

yeah dw

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:42 PM

#

Oh ok I didn’t know he chrooted

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:42 PM

#

it finished

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:42 PM

#

okay

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:42 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:42 PM

#

optionally, emerge --ask --depclean

#

so you safely remove no longer needed packages

#

or for short

#

emerge -ac

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:43 PM

#

emerge --ask --depclean

#

okay

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:43 PM

#

okay

#

now

#

set your timezone

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:43 PM

#

What has he done so far?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:43 PM

#

fervent geyser set your timezone

how

#

im pretty much lost in the handbook now

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:44 PM

#

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:44 PM

#

oh okay

#

im in Europe/Budapest

#

what do i do

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:45 PM

#

okay, then you can do the ln -sf command

#

replacing the timezone there with yours

#

let me show rq

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:45 PM

#

ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Budapest /etc/localtime

#

this?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:46 PM

#

yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:46 PM

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:46 PM

#

also type date after that to confirm

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:46 PM

#

ye correct

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:47 PM

#

now for locales

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:47 PM

#

what is tht

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:47 PM

#

what locale do you want?

#

like uh

#

en_US

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:47 PM

#

the launglage

#

ye

#

thats okay

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:47 PM

#

okay, go into /etc/locale.gen

#

with nano

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:47 PM

#

and just

#

remove the

#

symbol

#

right

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:48 PM

#

and uncomment the one that starts with en_US

#

make sure its UTF-8

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:48 PM

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:48 PM

#

now locale-gen

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:48 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:48 PM

#

after that, verify with locale -a

#

yeah good

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:49 PM

#

ye utf8

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:49 PM

#

okay

#

next, eselect locale list

#

personally i just keep the C.UTF-8 locale

#

but i guess en_US also works

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:49 PM

#

c one is good

#

its the number

#

2

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

okay you can skip that then

#

now

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

alright

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

reload the environment

#

with that one long command it shows

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

env-update && source /etc/profile && export PS1="(chroot) ${PS1}"

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

now

#

install linux-firmware

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

configuring the linux kernel

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

What part of the handbook are you guys in now?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

via emerge --ask sys-kernel/linux-firmware

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

echo totem What part of the handbook are you guys in now?

configuring the kernel

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:51 PM

#

gentle tapir configuring the linux kernel

this one

#

emerge --ask sys-kernel/linux-firmware

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:51 PM

#

yeah

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:51 PM

#

this is pretty fun ngl

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:51 PM

#

fervent geyser configuring the kernel

Okok I see now

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:51 PM

#

thanks for the help btw

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:51 PM

#

gentle tapir this is pretty fun ngl

Well… ig it can be fun

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:51 PM

#

yw

#

remember after the installation

#

the wiki may help you more

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:52 PM

#

well

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:52 PM

#

there are numerous pages for software

#

and such

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:52 PM

#

im pretty stupid lol

#

so ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:52 PM

#

and it should include commands or configurations

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:52 PM

#

This https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Working

Working

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:52 PM

#

its safer for me to ask here lol

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:52 PM

#

yeah no problem with that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:52 PM

#

it downloaded

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:52 PM

#

okay

#

now

#

you should do sys-firmware/sof-firmware

#

emerge --ask ofc

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:53 PM

#

emerge --ask sys-firmware/sof-firmware

#

done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:53 PM

#

its regarding audio drivers

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:53 PM

#

this was pretty fast

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:53 PM

#

now

#

for the bootloader

#

but first

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:54 PM

#

fervent geyser but first

hm?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:54 PM

#

nano /etc/portage/package.use/installkernel

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:54 PM

#

Why sof and not Linux-firmware

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:54 PM

#

echo totem Why sof and not Linux-firmware

both actually

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they are required

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:54 PM

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echo totem Why sof and not Linux-firmware

i got both

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:54 PM

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fervent geyser nano /etc/portage/package.use/installkernel

im in iy

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iy

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it

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:55 PM

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now add in sys-kernel/installkernel ugrd grub

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this makes it so uh

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ugrd is the initramfs generator

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which is RECOMMENDED

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:55 PM

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fervent geyser they are required

I didn’t remember that mb I thought it was one or the other

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:55 PM

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as dracut can have issues sometimes

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and grub is the bootloader

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:55 PM

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echo totem I didn’t remember that mb I thought it was one or the other

eh its okay

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:55 PM

#

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:55 PM

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yup

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:55 PM

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done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:55 PM

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now emerge sys-kernel/installkernel

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add --ask too obv

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if you want i guess

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:56 PM

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emerge --ask sys-kernel/installkernel

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:56 PM

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yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:56 PM

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alright its doing it

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:57 PM

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now

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this is the fun part

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installing a distribution kernel

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:58 PM

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wats that

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wait cuz its still doing this thing

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:58 PM

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you can choose between sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel or sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin

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oh

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well after that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:58 PM

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fervent geyser you can choose between `sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel` or `sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-b...

which one do u recommend

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:59 PM

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i advise going with the binary kernel

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as it will work OOTB

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:59 PM

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alright

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 7:59 PM

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gentle tapir wats that

It’s basically something that allows your kernel to be updated automatically

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 7:59 PM

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ah

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 7:59 PM

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many people confuse gentoo for basically always customizing your kernel

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but that is dead wrong

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:00 PM

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done

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it updated

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:00 PM

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alr

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:00 PM

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or wtv

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it did

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emerge

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:00 PM

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the installkernel thing?

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after that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:00 PM

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not dat

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or wait

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i forgot

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:00 PM

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after installkernel, do emerge --ask sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:01 PM

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fervent geyser now emerge sys-kernel/installkernel

rhis

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this

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:01 PM

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oh okay

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:01 PM

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emerge --ask sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:01 PM

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yup

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:01 PM

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alright its doing it

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done

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@fervent geyser

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:03 PM

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alrighty

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now uh

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this is recommended for things like nvidia-drivers

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add USE="dist-kernel" to make.conf

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:04 PM

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forgot the location of it

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what is it again lol

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:04 PM

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in /etc/portage/make.conf

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:04 PM

#

tz

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ty

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added

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:05 PM

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alright

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skip the long part where it says about gentoo-sources or whatever

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its not important

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:05 PM

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okay

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:05 PM

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now continue on to configuring the system

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:06 PM

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okayy

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im there

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:06 PM

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now for fstab file

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which is in /etc/fstab

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:06 PM

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nano /etc/fstab

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:06 PM

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yes

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so for the fstab file

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:06 PM

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okay im in it

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:06 PM

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its where the kernel mounts the filesystems

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when rebooting and such

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:07 PM

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ah

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what do i add here

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:07 PM

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let me show my fstab right quick so you can change it to the necessary values for your partitions

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:08 PM

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alr

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:08 PM

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/dev/sda2        /        xfs        defaults,noatime    0 1
/swapfile        none        swap        sw            0 0```

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make sure to replace everything necessary

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and don'T add the /swapfile part

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its just what i use

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instead of a swap partition

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since i use xfs and you use ext4

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replace xfs with ext4

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:09 PM

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what do i replace swapfile with

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:09 PM

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your swap partition

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don't change the none swap sw 0 0 thing

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since you have nvme

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replace them with that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:10 PM

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my swap partition in /dev/nvme0n1p2

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:10 PM

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yeah

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replace sda with nvme

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:10 PM

#

#

is this right

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:10 PM

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yeah should be, you can however uh

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swap the position of swap and the root filesystem

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you can for example put the swap in the middle

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:11 PM

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/dev/nvme0n1p3 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1

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okat

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okay

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:11 PM

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now show the contents again so i can make sure

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:13 PM

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echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 8:13 PM

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gentle tapir /dev/nvme0n1p3 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1

Did you make sure yours is nvme0n1p?

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:13 PM

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echo totem Did you make sure yours is nvme0n1p?

yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:13 PM

#

gentle tapir

@fervent geyser

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:13 PM

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yeah, all good

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:13 PM

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check if its right

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alright

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:14 PM

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now hostname

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choose your own for that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:14 PM

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hostnamectl hostname tux

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:14 PM

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then yourhostname > /etc/hostname

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no no

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:14 PM

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is this it

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ah

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:14 PM

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echo

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:14 PM

#

V

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echo tux > /etc/hostname

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tux is perfect

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:14 PM

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well sure

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do that

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:14 PM

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done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

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now uh

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do you use wifi

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

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yes

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

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okay

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

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im on wifi rn

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but networkmanager wasnt working

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so i had to do sm else in terminal

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

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Question miniature

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

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i asked gemini

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

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The fstab file

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

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hm?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

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echo totem The fstab file

?

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 8:16 PM

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Why didn’t we put

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:16 PM

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because its optional

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i don't think its needed

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 8:16 PM

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gentle tapir so i had to do sm else in terminal

Use nmtui

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:16 PM

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and its nothing critical to the filesystem so

echo totem Mar 25, 2026, 8:16 PM

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Alr alr

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:17 PM

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echo totem Use nmtui

ye

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okay so what now

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:17 PM

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so now

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you will have to emerge networkmanager but first

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i advise you use iwd instead of wpa_supplicant

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to do that

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make the file with nano /etc/portage/package.use/networkmanager and put in net-misc/networkmanager iwd

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:18 PM

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done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:18 PM

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now emerge it

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:18 PM

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emerge --ask net-misc/networkmanager

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this?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:18 PM

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yup

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:18 PM

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emerging

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damn this ones kinda long

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:23 PM

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should be over within a few minutes then

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:23 PM

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18 out of 19

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done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:25 PM

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alr

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next, edit /etc/hosts

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:25 PM

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nano /etc/hosts

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:25 PM

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yup

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:25 PM

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im in it

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:26 PM

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127.0.0.1    localhost
::1        localhost
127.0.0.1    Gentoo
::1        Gentoo```

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replace Gentoo with tux

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that Gentoo is my hostname

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:26 PM

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IPv4 and IPv6 localhost aliases

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 tux
::1 tux

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:26 PM

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yeah

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:27 PM

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done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:27 PM

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now set your root password

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via passwd

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make sure its memorable

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:28 PM

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done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

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next, do you want to change your keymap?

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this si mainly applied in the tty

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

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ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

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okay

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

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well

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no

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i pretty much got used to this

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

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nano /etc/conf.d/keymaps

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

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lol

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

#

oh

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

#

ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

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but still

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review the file atleast

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:29 PM

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ok

#

ay

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or yk what ill change it to hu

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

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sure

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

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do i change the keymap="hu"

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

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i think

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in my case its trq

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

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done

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

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which is turkish q

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

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i changed it

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

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okay, next chapter

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

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installing tools?

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

#

yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:30 PM

#

okayyy

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which one

#

do i need

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:31 PM

#

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i chose sysklogd

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:31 PM

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emerge --ask app-admin/sysklogd

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:31 PM

#

yeah

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:32 PM

#

fervent geyser

btw i didnt do this rc update

#

on networkmanager

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:32 PM

#

oh

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:32 PM

#

is it ok

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:32 PM

#

yeah do it to that first then

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:32 PM

#

or

#

no

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:32 PM

#

make sure to do it

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:32 PM

#

i forgot the command wait

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:32 PM

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because otherwise it will not start the service when booting

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rc-update add NetworkManager default

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is it

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:33 PM

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added it

#

emerge --ask app-admin/sysklogd

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now this

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:33 PM

#

yeah

#

then rc-update command

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:34 PM

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then rc-update add sysklogd default

#

ye

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:34 PM

#

yes

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:34 PM

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done

#

i have to go what do i do

#

do i just keep the laptop on

fervent geyser Mar 25, 2026, 8:34 PM

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you can, but also remember

#

you can still shut it down but continue onwards without partitioning the disks again

#

you just have to remount the filesystem and the efi partition

gentle tapir Mar 25, 2026, 8:35 PM

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na ill leave it on

#Did I do dis right 🤔

IPv4 and IPv6 localhost aliases