I can through in some tips too. (With apologies to Grandma, who already knows how to suck eggs)
Desktop configuration Guide:- http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml Portage and Software:- http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=2 To update Portage and check for updates to software:- emerge rsync && emerge -up world To fetch software updates then install them (I often use this to fetch the files quickly from the jetstreamgames realm, then install them) emerge -uf world && emerge -u world emerge -u packagename1 && emerge -u packagename2 && emerge -u packagename3 is the same as emerge -u packagename1 packagename2 packagename3 NTP setup in Gentoo http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=41099 Configuring X - tutorial http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-linuxxwin-i.html Hope these help someone. Robert Fisher www.fisher.net.nz BOFH Excuse #242: Software uses US measurements, but the OS is in metric...
