News & Announcements
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Frequently Asked Questions
Some of the most commonly heard questions in the Gentoo Community, along with answers.

Installing Gentoo
Having problems with the Gentoo Handbook? If you're still working your way through it, or just need some info before you start your install, this is the place. All other questions go elsewhere.

Multimedia
Help with creation, editing, or playback of sounds, images, or video. Amarok, audacious, mplayer, grip, cdparanoia and anything else that makes a sound or plays a video.

Desktop Environments
Problems with GUI applications? Questions about X, KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, etc.? Come on in. NOTE: For multimedia, go up one forum

Networking & Security
Having problems getting connected to the internet or running a server? Wondering about securing your box? Ask here.

Kernel & Hardware
Kernel not recognizing your hardware? Problems with power management or PCMCIA? What hardware is compatible with Gentoo? See here. (Only for kernels supported by Gentoo.)

Portage & Programming
Problems with emerge or ebuilds? Have a basic programming question about C, PHP, Perl, BASH or something else?

Gamers & Players
Having problems getting your favorite Linux game to work? Want to discuss strategies? This is the place!

Other Things Gentoo
Still need help with Gentoo, and your question doesn't fit in the above forums? Here is your last bastion of hope.

Unsupported Software
This forum covers all Gentoo-related software not officially supported by Gentoo. Ebuilds/software posted here might harm the health and stability of your system(s), and are not supported by Gentoo developers. Bugs/errors caused by ebuilds from overlays.gentoo.org are covered by this forum, too.

Documentation, Tips & Tricks
Unofficial documentation for various parts of Gentoo Linux. Note: This is not a support forum.

Gentoo Chat
Opinions, ideas and thoughts about Gentoo. Anything and everything about Gentoo except support questions.

Gentoo Forums Feedback
Having a problem with the forums? Have a suggestion? Post here!

Duplicate Threads
Threads in this read-only forum cover topics discussed elsewhere in other forums.

中文 (Chinese)
欢迎来到Gentoo中文论坛。

Dutch
Welkom op het Nederlands/Vlaamstalig Forum van Gentoo.

Finnish
Keskustelua Gentoo Linuxista suomeksi. Tervetuloa!
Moderator: Chiitoo

French
Forum dédié aux utilisateurs francophones de Gentoo. Retrouvez aussi Gentoo Linux en français sur le wiki!
Moderators: xaviermiller, El_Goretto

Greek
Καλώs ήρθατε στο ελληνικό φόρουμ του Gentoo!

Russian
Moderator: Pinkbyte

Scandinavian
Gentoo Linux på dansk, norsk och svenska. Välkommen!

Spanish
Foro en español para los usuarios Hispanos de Gentoo.
Moderator: Stolz

Other Languages
Don't speak English well? Want to talk to others in your native language? This is the forum for you.

Gentoo on ARM
Gentoo on all things ARM. Both 32 bit and 64 bit.
Tell about your hardware and CHOST.
Problems with crossdev targeting ARM hardware go here too.

Gentoo on PPC
Have a PowerPC specific problem? This is the spot.

Gentoo on Sparc
Have a Sparc system? Post here.

Gentoo on Alternative Architectures
Post here for other supported architectures, or if you are interested in porting Gentoo to a currently unsupported architecture.