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* [[GENTOO Basic system|Basic system]]
* [[GENTOO Basic system|Basic system]]
* [[GENTOO Vdr ebuilds|Install VDR ebuilds from gentoo.de]]
* [[GENTOO Vdr ebuilds|Install VDR ebuilds from gentoo.de]]
* [[Gentoo DVB Treiber|Install DVB-driver]]
* [[Gentoo DVB driver|Install DVB-driver]]
* [[GENTOO Lirc|Install LIRC]]
* [[GENTOO Lirc|Install LIRC]]
* [[GENTOO Vdr installation|First installation of VDR]]
* [[GENTOO Vdr installation|First installation of VDR]]

Revision as of 21:44, 12 December 2005

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Description

Gentoo Linux is a special kind of Linux distribution. Nearly every software application is build and optimized for your system. Extreme performance, configurability and a first-class user and developer community are the quality marks of Gentoo.

Thanks to the Portage system, Gentoo is well-suited as

  • secure server
  • development system
  • professional workstation
  • gaming system
  • embedded system
  • what ever you like...

This is the reason Gentoo is called a metadistribution.

Assets and drawbacks

+ Support for x86-, PowerPC-, UltraSparc- and Alpha
+ Live-CD based installation for x86 und PowerPC
+ Several optimised Linux kernels (2.4.xx-gs, 2.6.xx)
+ Modern development system (glibc 2.x, gcc 3.x.x)
+ Great choice of file systems (ReiserFS, XFS, ext3, EVMS, LVM, ...)
+ Great hardware support (NVIDIA, Creative Labs Live! und Audigy)
+ Modular OpenGL- and Compiler-Sub-System
+ Over 4000 modern and up-to-date software packages
+ Extended Portage capabilities
- Linux knowledge required

Basic installation

VDR plugins

VDR addons

Ebuild development

Links

[1] http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo homepage
[2] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_VDR_-_Video_Disk_Recorder