Configuring Gentoo Linux

This article lists the various configuration steps required to obtain a nice working Gentoo Linux system.

Installation Guide

• A complement to the official Gentoo Install Handbook
• Gentoo on a laptop
• KDE customization and theming

Various tips and HOW-TOs

Basics

• AMD64 Profile
• GCC and toolchain issues
• Startup Configuration
• Clock configuration
• Portage Advanced Usage
• sudo configuration
• Using UTF-8 (Unicode) in Gentoo

Hardware

• General Kernel Configuration
• RAID setup
• Virtualization
• Dealing with hard drive failures

Console and terminal

• Configuring the console

Multimedia

• ALSA Configuration
• Xorg configuration
• Xorg Fonts Setup
• Amarok, VLC, Mplayer
• Webcam Setup
• Beryl in Gentoo
• Scanner configuration

Networking

• Wifi & Networking Configuration
• Samba, Active Directory

Desktop environments

• KDE
• Gnome
• Uncompress files directly from Konqueror
• HAL & KDE

Others

• Java in Gentoo
• Wine in Gentoo
• Warcraft III in Gentoo
• CUPS Configuration
• Writing a DVD with a pure UDF filesystem

Configuration Files

• Configuration files for SN25P - AMD64

Current Problems

• Current Gentoo Linux Problems

Useful Links

• Make links in Thunderbird open with Firefox, and vice versa