Presented by Rajiv Manglani, Gentoo Linux Security Team member and PPC Developer.
Sponsored by MIT SIPB.
Thursday, January 8, 2004, 6-8:00pm, MIT Building 1, room 190.
Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast distribution for x86, PowerPC, Sparc, Alpha, AMD64, IA64, and MIPS systems that is geared towards Linux power users. Unlike other distros, Gentoo Linux has an advanced package management system called Portage. Portage is a true ports system in the tradition of BSD ports, but is Python-based and sports a number of advanced features including dependencies, fine-grained package management, "fake" (OpenBSD-style) installs, path sandboxing, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more. A completed Gentoo Linux installation is customized and optimized for your specific needs.
Gentoo Linux features the latest, modern tools including Linux 2.4.23 and 2.6.0, gcc 3.2.3, LVM, EVMS, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, Gnome, KDE, qmail (with optional mysql and LDAP support), Postfix, exim, GRUB, bootsplash, and named (not numbered) runlevels.
We will have an overview presentation and a demo of a running Gentoo system.
If you plan on attending, please RSVP to sipb-iap-gentoo@mit.edu.
For more information, contact: Rajiv Manglani, +1 (617) 566-5153, rajiv@alum.mit.edu.
Presented by Rajiv Manglani, Gentoo Linux Security Team member and PPC Developer.
Sponsored by MIT SIPB.
Tuesday, January 13, 2004, 6-8:00pm, MIT Building 1, room 190.
This session will cover advanced usage of Gentoo Linux, a versatile and fast distribution for x86, PowerPC, Sparc, Alpha, AMD64, IA64, and MIPS systems that is geared towards Linux power users.
Details of Portage, the Gentoo package management system, will be presented. We will discuss creation of ebuild scripts, usage of various system tools such as qpkg and etcat. We will also have a detailed look into the init scripts system, and the various settings in make.conf. Current Gentoo users are encouraged to attend with their questions and anecdotes.
If you plan on attending, please RSVP to sipb-iap-gentoo@mit.edu.
For more information, contact: Rajiv Manglani, +1 (617) 566-5153, rajiv@alum.mit.edu.
For the latest presentation materials, please visit http://dev.gentoo.org/~rajiv/IntroToGentoo/.
See also: Other MIT SIPB IAP courses.