Comparison with other distros: Revision history

19 November 2023

• curprev 18:4918:49, 19 November 2023‎ Zcrayfish talk contribs‎ m 14,761 bytes +19‎ Fixed wikilink.

4 September 2023

• curprev 01:5701:57, 4 September 2023‎ Zcrayfish talk contribs‎ m 14,742 bytes −63‎ →‎Runlevel & Initscripts: Removed irrelevant link.

25 August 2023

• curprev 02:1102:11, 25 August 2023‎ Sertonix talk contribs‎ 14,805 bytes +4‎ use https links

7 August 2023

• curprev 09:5309:53, 7 August 2023‎ Sertonix talk contribs‎ 14,801 bytes +347‎ use cmd template

27 July 2023

• curprev 15:3715:37, 27 July 2023‎ Zcrayfish talk contribs‎ m 14,454 bytes −13‎ →‎Network: Changed gentoo handbook hyperlink to its canoncial url
• curprev 15:3515:35, 27 July 2023‎ Zcrayfish talk contribs‎ m 14,467 bytes +51‎ →‎Architectures and repositories: nowiki'd some urls that should not be hyperlinks.
• curprev 15:3215:32, 27 July 2023‎ Zcrayfish talk contribs‎ m 14,416 bytes +43‎ →‎Runlevel management: Rescued a dead link.

2 March 2023

• curprev 22:5722:57, 2 March 2023‎ Vyryls talk contribs‎ 14,373 bytes +24‎ →‎Updating package database: add arch example

30 September 2022

• curprev 15:2715:27, 30 September 2022‎ Newlyghter talk contribs‎ m 14,349 bytes −1‎ apt list --upgradable is the preffered way now, and apt even recommends it automatically

17 September 2022

• curprev 08:5108:51, 17 September 2022‎ Rodi talk contribs‎ 14,350 bytes +145‎ →‎Directories and files

13 September 2022

• curprev 17:0917:09, 13 September 2022‎ Guest09248 talk contribs‎ 14,205 bytes +3‎ Replaced Yum with DNF (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/ChangeSet#Replace_Yum_With_DNF)

15 August 2022

• curprev 18:2818:28, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 14,202 bytes +80‎ →‎Comparison chart/Rosetta Stone: mention additional resource
• curprev 18:2718:27, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 14,122 bytes +119‎ →‎Network: cleanup
• curprev 18:2418:24, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 14,003 bytes +39‎ →‎Runlevel management: systemd
• curprev 18:2418:24, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 13,964 bytes +39‎ →‎Directories and files: systemd
• curprev 18:2318:23, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 13,925 bytes −551‎ →‎Reverse dependencies: you never need revdep-rebuild anymore
• curprev 18:2118:21, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 14,476 bytes +124‎ →‎Cleaning up downloaded packages: less foot gun
• curprev 18:1618:16, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 14,352 bytes +58‎ →‎Removing packages: clarify you almost always want --depclean
• curprev 18:1318:13, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 14,294 bytes −55‎ →‎Searching the package database: esearch... nobody uses this
• curprev 18:1118:11, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 14,349 bytes −3‎ →‎Updating package database: fix gentoo sync command
• curprev 18:1118:11, 15 August 2022‎ Winny talk contribs‎ 14,352 bytes −259‎ →‎Package management: remove misleading note about binary/src distros. Gentoo is both. Alpine is both. It's just a matter how you install packages on a target machine. Do you build on the same machine or distribute binpkgs to another machine?

2 May 2022

• curprev 02:0102:01, 2 May 2022‎ Sodface talk contribs‎ 14,611 bytes −78‎ →‎Runlevel management: -k is no longer a valid option

12 January 2022

• curprev 17:3817:38, 12 January 2022‎ Guest09248 talk contribs‎ 14,689 bytes +70‎ No edit summary

6 January 2022

• curprev 19:3919:39, 6 January 2022‎ Guest09248 talk contribs‎ 14,619 bytes +296‎ →‎Comparison chart/Rosetta Stone: added VoidLinux (XBPS)

20 December 2021

• curprev 18:5118:51, 20 December 2021‎ Zcrayfish talk contribs‎ m 14,323 bytes +13‎ Marked a dead link.

14 December 2021

• curprev 20:2720:27, 14 December 2021‎ Zcrayfish talk contribs‎ m 14,310 bytes +101‎ Rescued a broken link with archive.org

17 August 2021

• curprev 16:1216:12, 17 August 2021‎ Jonas talk contribs‎ 14,209 bytes −64‎ modernize Debian commands to use apt (not aptitude)

3 August 2021

• curprev 17:3417:34, 3 August 2021‎ Begs talk contribs‎ 14,273 bytes +1‎ fix typo
• curprev 17:3217:32, 3 August 2021‎ Begs talk contribs‎ 14,272 bytes +26‎ →‎Reinstalling a particular package
• curprev 17:2517:25, 3 August 2021‎ Begs talk contribs‎ m 14,246 bytes +34‎ →‎Updating a particular package

22 July 2021

• curprev 15:0115:01, 22 July 2021‎ Jfrent talk contribs‎ m 14,212 bytes +1‎ →‎Updating package database

18 May 2021

• curprev 20:3820:38, 18 May 2021‎ Jfrent talk contribs‎ m 14,211 bytes −11‎ No edit summary

20 August 2020

• curprev 11:5511:55, 20 August 2020‎ PureTryOut talk contribs‎ m 14,222 bytes −3‎ →‎Reinstalling a particular package

24 October 2019

• curprev 10:4110:41, 24 October 2019‎ Innsill talk contribs‎ 14,225 bytes +49‎ →‎Runlevel & Initscripts

7 June 2019

• curprev 18:2418:24, 7 June 2019‎ ShiroDN talk contribs‎ 14,176 bytes −13‎ Comparison chart/Rosetta Stone: fixed wrong commands for archlinux and debian

2 January 2019

• curprev 12:2912:29, 2 January 2019‎ Alpaca-linux talk contribs‎ m 14,189 bytes +20‎ Further grammar and spelling corrections
• curprev 12:2812:28, 2 January 2019‎ Alpaca-linux talk contribs‎ m 14,169 bytes −6‎ Further grammar and spelling corrections
• curprev 12:2512:25, 2 January 2019‎ Alpaca-linux talk contribs‎ m 14,175 bytes +72‎ Fixed grammar and spelling, and made header (==) formatting more consistent

28 June 2018

• curprev 17:1217:12, 28 June 2018‎ Gima talk contribs‎ 14,103 bytes +19‎ →‎Comparison chart/Rosetta Stone: add pacman command for showing updates

22 September 2017

• curprev 04:4604:46, 22 September 2017‎ John3-16 talk contribs‎ m 14,084 bytes +14‎ Comparison chart - aka Rosetta Stone

27 November 2016

• curprev 09:2909:29, 27 November 2016‎ Dlin talk contribs‎ 14,070 bytes +172‎ →‎Directories and files

8 January 2016

• curprev 11:4511:45, 8 January 2016‎ Digenis talk contribs‎ 13,898 bytes +69‎ →‎Installing packages: reference to aports & abuild

31 December 2015

• curprev 12:4612:46, 31 December 2015‎ Jirutka talk contribs‎ 13,829 bytes +30‎ Gentoo prefers /etc/portage/make.conf to /etc/make.conf

9 April 2015

• curprev 17:4317:43, 9 April 2015‎ Erethon talk contribs‎ m 13,799 bytes +1‎ →‎Cleaning up downloaded packages

6 October 2014

• curprev 17:0917:09, 6 October 2014‎ Grknight talk contribs‎ 13,798 bytes +400‎ Modernize Gentoo commands

22 January 2013

• curprev 10:2810:28, 22 January 2013‎ Fab talk contribs‎ m 13,398 bytes +865‎ →‎Comparison chart

12 April 2012

• curprev 11:4111:41, 12 April 2012‎ Bzhukov talk contribs‎ 12,533 bytes −173‎ No edit summary

1 April 2012

• curprev 03:1603:16, 1 April 2012‎ Fab talk contribs‎ m 12,706 bytes −58‎ No edit summary

26 March 2012

• curprev 16:2116:21, 26 March 2012‎ Dubiousjim talk contribs‎ 12,764 bytes +827‎ Merge in Comparison
• curprev 16:1816:18, 26 March 2012‎ Dubiousjim talk contribs‎ m 11,937 bytes 0‎ Comparison with Gentoo and Debian moved to Comparison with other distros

23 March 2012

• curprev 20:1020:10, 23 March 2012‎ Dubiousjim talk contribs‎ 11,937 bytes −21‎ Delete Category:Unknown

21 March 2012

• curprev 21:0821:08, 21 March 2012‎ Dubiousjim talk contribs‎ 11,958 bytes −3‎ Recategorize
• curprev 16:1016:10, 21 March 2012‎ Dubiousjim talk contribs‎ 11,961 bytes +24‎ Category:Comparison

15 March 2012

• curprev 08:0408:04, 15 March 2012‎ Dubiousjim talk contribs‎ m 11,937 bytes +1‎ typo
• curprev 08:0408:04, 15 March 2012‎ Dubiousjim talk contribs‎ 11,936 bytes +29‎ Category:Package Manager

8 October 2009

• curprev 03:2503:25, 8 October 2009‎ Nangel talk contribs‎ 11,907 bytes −182‎ Removed advertising link.

7 October 2009

• curprev 20:4820:48, 7 October 2009‎ Ncopa2 talk contribs‎ 12,089 bytes +1‎ →‎Network
• curprev 20:4520:45, 7 October 2009‎ Ncopa2 talk contribs‎ 12,088 bytes +181‎ →‎Network

20 February 2008

• curprev 15:4415:44, 20 February 2008‎ Nangel talk contribs‎ m 11,907 bytes −7‎ Reverted edits by 141.223.149.36 (Talk); changed back to last version by WikiSysop
• curprev 13:1713:17, 20 February 2008‎ Ncopa2 talk contribs‎ 11,914 bytes +7‎ basalrolit

17 September 2007

• curprev 11:5811:58, 17 September 2007‎ WikiSysop talk contribs‎ 11,907 bytes +11,907‎ imported page from old wiki