Category Archives: Linux

Portage is like Swiss-Cheese

Every now and then I run into a software project mentioned somewhere such as freshmeat.net, or the Linux Journal that I want to give a try and find that it’s no where to be found in the portage tree.  One … Continue reading

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KDE Emerge Problems Continued

Even thought I followed the emerge gcc suggestion that the gentoo forums mention but I still am having issues with updating arts-1.1.5. configure: error: “no known STL type found – did you forget to install libstdc++-devel ?” died running ./configure, … Continue reading

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Gentoo Linux Updates

Well, tonight I’ve started my updates on my laptop but have run into a couple of issues to note.  emerge -puD gnome introduced a new dependency on madplay. The emerge of madplay failed twice due to ldconfig errors, which resulted … Continue reading

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Gnome vs. KDE

First, a Linux recap: Over the past year I have used Linux heavily at work and at home.  With the help of OpenOffice and Win4Lin (for Visio) I have become a Linux convert for almost everything, with the exception of games & video editing. My … Continue reading

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