PYTHON_TARGETS and PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET are USE_EXPAND variables controlling support for various Python implementations (versions) in packages. These essentially control what version of Python the package will reference during and after installation. Enabling Python implementations The modern packages (using -r1 suite eclasses) use explicit USE flags aggregated in PYTHON_TARGETS and PYTHON_SINGLE_

Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD code named "Choice Edition" to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The FAQ for this release can be found here. A special thanks to Fernando Reyes (likewhoa ) and the Gentoo Infrastructure Team for their hard work behind the scenes provide the resources, services, and technology necessary to s

This article has some todo items: CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION for hibernation This article describes EFI stub kernels, i.e. kernels directly executable from UEFI. An EFI stub (aka EFI boot stub)[1] is a kernel that is an EFI executable, i.e. that can directly be booted from the UEFI firmware. This means a bootloader is not necessary for them. (But it is also possible to use a bootloader.)

背景 GRUBとは? GRUBは、組み込みシステムでないLinux機において、最も一般的に普及しているブートローダです。GRUBの役割は、ディスクからメモリへLinux Kernelをロードさせ、Linux Kernelを起動することです。 なぜ移行するのか? まず、GRUB レガシーは既にメンテナンスされておらず、今後更新が受け付けられることもありません。GRUB レガシーが作られた当時は、開発者たちは、いくらかの想定をし、疑いもしませんでした。しかしその想定はいまや成り立ちません。例えば、GRUB レガシーでは、容量が2TB以上あるディスクからブートすることが不可能ですし、 /boot に新たなファイルシステムが用いられることも想定していませんでした。 GRUB2 は、より堅牢に、より移植可能に、より強力になることを目指し、よりクリーンなコードベースでメンテナンスされています。GRUB

Some Linux-based computer systems require an initramfs to boot properly. This guide covers the concepts of the initramfs as well as how to properly create and manage initramfs instances. Initramfs concepts Introduction Systems with exotic drivers or setups, or encrypted file systems need initramfs so the Linux kernel is capable of handing over control to the init binary on their system. Linux boot

Background What's GRUB? GRUB is one of the most commonly found boot loaders in use on non-embedded Linux machines. The role of GRUB is to facilitate the Linux kernel being loaded from the disk into memory and start executing the Linux kernel. Why migrate? Firstly, GRUB Legacy is no longer maintained and as such no longer receives updates. GRUB Legacy was created at a time when the developers felt

The Raspberry Pi is a series of small single-board computers. These machines are well supported by Gentoo. There are two main ways of installing Gentoo on them: cross-compiling using Raspberry Pi OS, or the gentoo "Minimal Installation CD", as a system to provide a chroot. Some older models are 32-bit only, others support 32-bit and 64-bit. Some hardware updates since 2012, 32/64-bit and different