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My desktop OS: Gentoo Linux (NewsForge)
NewsForge hears
from a Gentoo Linux fan. "Gentoo Linux is all about choices. Do
I want VLC media player compiled with Win32 codecs and Xine or MPlayer with
AAC support? Or do I want to scrap that and go with open source formats?
Gentoo uses the powerful Portage package manager to install and remove
programs. Much of Portage's power comes from USE flags that tell Portage
what dependencies to compile a program with. It has a front end called
Emerge which the guide recommends for installing programs. To install Xine
with AAC support, you can add the use flag and program to
/etc/portage/package.use or the command line (USE="aac" emerge
xine)."
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