On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 11:07:33AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Does [1] default/linux/x86/10.0 from 'eselect profile list' amount > to a "minimal" install (no X)? If so, is there any reason not to > switch to it instead of setting -vlc, and then later when actually > ready to enable X, switching back to kde?
There's no big harm, except that you may end up rebuilding a bunch of packages. One way to get a lot of hands-on control on precisely what USE you want it via the "-*" flag. But be VERY careful if you are going to use it. A USE variable set in /etc/make.conf starting with it USE="-* X vim ..." will use nothing but those variables (plus the package specific ones specified in /etc/portage). There are certain flags that you most likely don't want to turn off: cxx, posix, and threads for example. It is a powerful tool; which means you can also seriously hurt yourself from it. Note that the profiles are not "only if" things. You can still run the KDE desktop without being on the KDE profile. You should think of the profile as a default bundle that the developers think you may like if you want to use KDE. You can of course completely customise it just from the default/linux/x86/10.0 profile. So if you start your system on this profile, and build it up to your liking, there's no need to switch over to the KDE profile. > > What is the [7] hardened/linux/x86 profile, or better yet, the > incantation to get descriptions descriptions of all the available > targets? hardened is maintained by the gentoo hardened project http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/ If this is a desktop you probably don't want to use it. And SELinux you can just google to find out. W -- Willie W. Wong ww...@math.princeton.edu Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton
