MagellanLinux @hmagellan@fosstodon.org

In #Gentoo #Linux color.map is a portage configuration file that can be used to map color-coded output from one color to another. In this video, I show how to modify this file to color-code your emerge output in a custom way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKo2OSlwh5A

As of version 4.0, #Krita has built-in #Python scripting functionality. In this video I cover the basics of using this cool and useful feature:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNEQ5t6YhKU

Using ccache can greatly speed the process of compilation when you need to compile the same version of a package multiple times (on #Gentoo #Linux, a good example of this is when testing out USE flags). In this video, I discuss how to install and configure ccache to work with portage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YExpMv7C2mc

If your portage install is unable to fetch the newest snapshots when you try to sync with the #Gentoo #Linux mirrors, this video might be able to help you get it working:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyQwDLitr0A

In today's video, I cover the FEATURES variable, a portage setting that allows you to enable and disable special functionality within your #Gentoo package manager. #linux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0OHnUkNqPw

No new videos on my YouTube channel recently, but I should be back to regular uploads starting next week!

Under #Gentoo #Linux, the term 'ebuild' refers both to a script format used by portage to install packages, as well as a command used to access low-level functions of the portage system itself. In this video, I cover the latter topic of the ebuild command:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mwNpEowuVU

In my newest #Gentoo #Linux video, I go over how to enable and use portage's native logging functionality, elogs. I'll also introduce the useful tool elogv, which you can use to view and manage your elog files:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rooRjtCY9k

Using ebuilds, a user can have portage install and manage any program they want, from source, under #Gentoo #Linux. In this video, I demonstrate how to write a basic ebuild to get you started on using this most powerful portage functionality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY0NAAVp5mE

Today's #Gentoo #Linux video covers how to create your own local ebuild repository, so you can add whatever ebuilds you want to your Gentoo install in a nice, neat way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVQIhZPMDlU

Portageq is a tool to query information about a portage installation in #Gentoo #Linux. In my newest video, I give a quick overview of this tool and some of its uses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-dnyvnH0XU

Portage, #Gentoo #Linux's package manager, has excellent package grouping features organized around the concept of sets. In my newest video, I give a brief introduction to this topic and demonstrate how users can create their own sets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbE_RuZbKVg

To prevent the installation of individual packages (or even specific versions of packages), #Gentoo #Linux includes a masking system in its package manager portage. This video addresses using masks to control what packages can be put on your system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idbDH6qHFC4

USE_EXPAND flags are contextually different from regular USE flags under #Gentoo #Linux. They represent more information than the feature- & dependency-focused "concepts" that are typical of normal USE flags. In my most recent video, I go over USE_EXPAND and the related topic of language targets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_tRGFVcwMM

#Gentoo has a great utility called dispatch-conf, which is very useful for viewing, managing, and modifying your system's configuration files. In this video I go over dispatch-conf's basic functions and demonstrate using it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en-aLJGXEqI

Just helped a friend of mine who is switching away from Windows get GTA5 running thru Steam on Manjaro. I'm no Linux gaming expert, so it was a good learning experience.

Here is the second and final installment in my #Gentoo #Linux USE Flag series. This video primarily covers configuring your USE flags on a per-package basis. Let me know what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_paP7NXYI

#Gentoo USE flags are a big topic to say the least. I attempt to address the broad strokes of USE flags in this new video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdnJqPR657g

In my most recent video, I cover some of the more advanced uses for the simple Linux terminal utility tee. It can do a lot more than just split output!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2tJzOq5h9w