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Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux es una distribución de Linux basada en fuentes creada por Daniel Robbins. Usa portage como su gestor oficial de paquetes de sistema, originalmente fue basado en los ports de FreeBSD. La mayor utilidad de portage es llamada Emerge la cual está escrita en Python y puede ser usada para instalar/desinstalar paquetes.
Make.conf is Portage main configuration's file, because it contains many variables. For example, the best known : CFLAGS,CHOST,CXXFLAGS,USE, INPUT_DEVICES, VIDEO_CARDS,LINGUAS,GENTOO_MIRRORS.There are also many optional's variables like PORTDIR_OVERLAY. In this Linux distribution, the user compiles the source code locally according to their chosen configuration in order to improve their system and also to learn more about Linux.