Category Archives: Gentoo

The Gentoo Linux distribution.

8-bit peoples

Recently I’ve been haunted by the cute, funky bleeps and clanks of 8-bit music. Especially pecan medley by an artist named yuppster, which includes a short but stirring tribute to the seminal eighties hit Take On Me, which is notable … Continue reading

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Gentoo is for Ricers

In the world of Linux, there are few issues that arouse more passion than Gentoo (e.g. AdTI, SCO). Depending on who you ask Gentoo is either the best and most elegant, or the stupidest and most time-wasting Linux distribution on … Continue reading

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Long filenames in Netatalk with OSX

This evening I re-encountered a problem I came across a while back. It all happened when I was trying to get some comprehensively-named choons by Liberation Jumpsuit from my Gentoo box onto my Powerbook via Netatalk. Despite having 10 tracks … Continue reading

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Configuring an ATI Rage 128 Pro under Gentoo

I spent yesterday trying to get an old ATI Rage 128 Pro 32MB PCI card running on my Gentoo box, in the hope of perhaps turning it into a PVR. I have come to the conclusion that it’s not going … Continue reading

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