Gentoo Linux Projects -- Gentoo Prefix

Content : 1. Project Description 2. Getting Started 3. Developers 4. Developer Platforms 5. Resources 6. Gentoo Prefix Hall of Fame 1. Project Description To bring out the virtues of Gentoo Linux on different operating systems, the Gentoo Prefix project develops and maintains a way of installing Gentoo systems in a non-standard location, designated by a "prefix". Usually, Gentoo Linux's package manager (portage) installs in the root of the filesystem hierarchy known as / . On systems other than Gentoo Linux, this usually results in problems, due to conflicts of software packages , unless the OS is adapted like Gentoo/FreeBSD. Instead, Gentoo Prefix installs within an offset, known as a prefix, allowing users to install Gentoo in another location in the filesystem hierarchy, hence avoiding conflicts. Next to this offset, Gentoo Prefix runs unprivileged, mea...

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