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diff --git a/get-started/about/index.html b/get-started/about/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..86d5fa8 --- /dev/null +++ b/get-started/about/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +--- +nav1: get-started +nav2-show: true +nav2: about +nav2-weight: 10 + +title: 'About Gentoo' +--- +{% include hero-section/start class="abouthdr huge" %} + <div class="row"> + <div class="col-md-4"> + <img src="/assets/img/bg/larry.png" class="img-responsive" alt="Larry the cow, a bit unhappy"> + </div> + <div class="col-md-8"> + Larry the Cow was a bit frustrated<br> at the current state of Linux distributions… + <br><br> + <div class="right">…until he tried Gentoo Linux.</div> + </div> + </div> +{% include hero-section/end %} + +<h2>What is Gentoo?</h2> + +<p class="lead"> + Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. + <br> + Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. +</p> + +<p> + Thanks to a technology called <strong>Portage,</strong> Gentoo can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, + professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or something else—whatever you need it to be. + Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, we call Gentoo a metadistribution. +</p> + +<p> + Of course, Gentoo is more than just the software it provides. + It is a community built around a distribution which is driven by more than 300 developers and thousands of users. + The distribution project provides the means for the users to enjoy Gentoo: + documentation, infrastructure, release engineering, software porting, quality assurance, security followup, hardening and more. +</p> + +<p> + To advise on and help with Gentoo's global development, a 7-member council is elected on a yearly basis which decides on global issues, + policies and advancements in the Gentoo project. +</p> + +<h2>What is Portage?</h2> + +<p class="lead"> + Portage is the heart of Gentoo, and performs many key functions. For one, Portage is the software distribution system for Gentoo: +</p> + +<p> + To get the latest software for Gentoo, you type one command: <kbd>emerge --sync</kbd>. + This command tells Portage to update your local "Portage tree" over the Internet. + Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to create and install the latest Gentoo packages. + Currently, we have more than 10000 packages in our Portage tree, with updates and new ones being added all the time. +</p> + +<p class="lead"> + Portage is also a package building and installation system: +</p> + +<p> + When you want to install a package, you type <kbd>emerge packagename</kbd>, + at which point Portage automatically builds a custom version of the package to your exact specifications, + optimizing it for your hardware and ensuring that the optional features in the package that you want are enabled—and those you don't want aren't. +</p> + +<p class="lead"> + Portage also keeps your system up-to-date: +</p> + +<p> + Typing one command (<kbd>emerge -uD world</kbd>) will ensure that all the packages that <em>you</em> want on your system are updated automatically. +</p>
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