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  1. Re:For current Gentoo users, no need to "upgrade" on Gentoo Linux Announces Gentoo Linux 2004.1 · · Score: 1

    ohh, and looking back at my original post i realized that it's suposta be /etc/portage/package.keywords not packages

  2. Re:For current Gentoo users, no need to "upgrade" on Gentoo Linux Announces Gentoo Linux 2004.1 · · Score: 1

    it's a recent addition, and i'm looking into finding/writing docs if you just want to unmask a certian version of a package, i belive if you put in the version number that it will work like you want

  3. Re:Upgrade on Gentoo Linux Announces Gentoo Linux 2004.1 · · Score: 1
    -U is bad, dangerous and nolonger needed. use /etc/portage/package.keywords to unmask packages for example, to unmask gnome 2.6
    gnome-base/gnome ~x86
  4. Re:Upgrade on Gentoo Linux Announces Gentoo Linux 2004.1 · · Score: 1
    and don't forget that -U is bad, dangerous and nolonger needed. use /etc/portage/package.keywords to unmask packages (the only reason to use -U in the first place)
    gnome-base/gnome ~x86
  5. Re:For current Gentoo users, no need to "upgrade" on Gentoo Linux Announces Gentoo Linux 2004.1 · · Score: 1

    the -U option is bad, and nolonger needed. use the /etc/portage/packages.keywords file for unmasking purposes, and if your not unmasking anything the -U isn't needed anyway, -u works fine

  6. Re:Another Vaporware story? on "Missing Link" In Windows Emulation Unveiled? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    HDTV TiVOs are being shipped as of a few days ago iirc

  7. Re:They really should fix IRC instead on DCC2 Protocol for IRC file transfers · · Score: 1

    W has been gone from undernet for years, but X is doing a much better job

  8. Re:Ogg Vorbis?Ogg Vorbis?Ogg Vorbis? on Fourteen Digital Music Players Reviewed · · Score: 2, Informative
  9. Re:Vendor adds lots of patches to kernel on 2.4, The Kernel and Forking · · Score: 1, Informative

    Gentoo has the option for vanilla source also

  10. Re:Not as impressive as you think... on First Person Shooter - Under 100KBs of Code · · Score: 1

    "No, because it requires > 1GB worth of stuff to be downloaded first" try 5.5GB awesome game though, well worth it

  11. Re:new X with gentoo on X.Org Foundation Releases X11R6.7 X Window System · · Score: 1

    i was just reading some stuff on the gentoo forum about it this morning, there are some problems atm but it's not in the portage tree yet http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=151508&st art=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlig ht=

  12. Re:Memories? on Task Force Finds Blackout Was Preventable · · Score: 1

    i still had power, and i live in NE PA

  13. Re:Blown Speaker? on Giant Sub-Woofer · · Score: 1

    6w per cone is nothing, they will die of dry rot before they blow out

  14. Re:that's Longhorn? on Longhorn Skinning A Reality · · Score: 1

    so why the fuck is it taking them another 2 years to get this on the shelves? i would assume because they are doing away with the registry

  15. Re:Outside marketer on Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org · · Score: 1

    microsoft has a few mac's inhouse, it's quite possible that one of those was used

  16. Re:I remember when... on Building the Energy Internet · · Score: 1

    if your talking about the north east US, it works prety good, but not perfect. remember the blackout last year? 1 'node' went down and took the rest of the grid with it

  17. Re:Goddamnit! on Thebroken Videos · · Score: 1

    i'm seeing 262 seeds right now

  18. Re:My head hurts, again. on New Nano-ITX Boards Shown At Cebit · · Score: 1

    you forgot BTX and the various sizes there too

  19. Re:Vigilante on Anti-piracy Vigilantes Tracking P2P Users · · Score: 1

    most software companies will send you a new key if you can prove that you own the software, usualy by providing an image of the manual and/or cd

  20. Re:Yep, it's happening in the Navy, too.... on U.S. Army Warns Microsoft To Back Off · · Score: 1

    i have the same problem @ work with autocad, we have the newest version, several of our clients are 3-4 versions behind

  21. Re:noooo! on Gentoo Linux 2004.0 Released · · Score: 1

    i did just finish a 1.4 install lastnight, i'll be doing an update when i get home i guess

  22. Re:I just hope on Microsoft Releases Changelist for Upcoming XP SP2 · · Score: 1

    that sound problem was fixed, also if you set the sound quality to the lowest it works also i have applied all patches and havent had any problems w/ battlefield