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Chemnitz Linux Days 2010
Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2010 is almost here, and Gentoo will be there! This years Chemnitzer Linux-Tage on March 13th and 14th is another great chance to: get in touch with Gentoo developersbuy Gentoo shirts (be quick, first come first serve)chat, discuss, start with ebuilds and overlays, you name it The "Chemnitz Linux Days" is a conference that deals with Linux and Open Source Software . It is...

Gentoo at SCALE 8x
SCALE 8x is almost here, and Gentoo will be there! Southern California's premier open-source software event is just around the corner, running from Friday, February 19 through Sunday, February 21. Several Gentoo developers will be there; it will be our biggest showing since SCALE 5x. We'll be showing off some nifty devices running Gentoo, and we'll be giving out installation media. Whether yo...

Gentoo on the Misa Digital Guitar
Gentoo has turned up in lots of interesting places before, but Michael from Misa Digital has put Gentoo to work in something entirely different: a unique instrument he invented, a MIDI guitar that uses a touchpad and digital keys instead of strings! Behold the Misa Digital Guitar: The Misa runs Gentoo Linux on an AMD Geode processor, using the Linux kernel version 2.6.31. It sports MIDI and E...

German Gentoo Book
A parting gift for the German Conspiracy, Gunnar Wrobel recently acquired the rights for his own book about Gentoo, and it has now been published under a free license and is available for download. The latex source for the book is also included. Gunnar's intentions in publishing the latex source was to encourage translations... it would be neat if that really happens. Please take the time to th...

26th Chaos Communication Congress
Yes, we will be there! Compiling all the way ... , Gentoo will be present at the 26th Chaos Communication Congress (26C3), from December 27th to 30th in Berlin, Germany. The annual conference of the Chaos Computer Club takes place at the Berliner Congress Center (bcc) in Berlin, Germany. Enjoy our ebuild hacking sessions, bug filing workshops, get some merchandise and use our local rsync/http...

Yes-No Vote on behalf of the Foundation
The Gentoo Foundation Inc. has been approached by a few large Gentoo users about purchasing advertising on the gentoo.org side bar. They are not in the IT industry so cannot support us in the traditional way, by donating their own product. The trustees anticipate that more approaches of this nature will be received and view it as a sign of Gentoo maturing. Recognising that this would be a br...

Gentoo KDE3 Deprecation Notice
Please turn your KDE radio on, and make sure to increase the volume to its maximum level for this important message. After multiple setbacks we have finally managed to stabilise KDE4 on both major desktop architectures (amd64 and x86), with other teams to follow. For this and other reasons as discussed , those of you who still use KDE3 should be seriously considering an upgrade in the near fu...

Gentoo Ten Live DVD 10.1 Release
Attention Gentoo Community, After numerous bug fixes and enhancements the Ten Team would like to encourage everyone to try out the 10.1 release. A FAQ is available to assist you. We have also started a thread in our Forum. Please post any BUGS you encounter. Please download the latest testing release for your architecture Gentoo Ten Live DVD 10.1 x86 | Gentoo Ten Live DVD 10.1 amd64. ...

2009 Gentoo 10 Screenshot Winners
Woot! Happy Birthday Gentoo. As part of the Birthday party today we announce the winning screenshots. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. There were 54 entries using 5 different window managers / desktop environments. The WinnersQuick23t Compiz Fusionashtophet Fvwm 2.5.27Integer Fluxbox For all the specifications and cool details please visit the winners page.discuss ...

Gentoo Linux - Ten Years Compiling: 1999 - 2009
Happy Tenth Birthday, Gentoo! Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the immediate availability of a new, special edition LiveDVD to celebrate this monumental occasion. The LiveDVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below. System packages include: Linux Kernel 2.6.30 (with gentoo patches), Accessibility Support with Speakup 3.1.3, BASH 4.0, GLIBC 2.9, GCC 4.3.2. Bi...