Handbook Talk:AMD64/Installation/Finalizing

Suggested Addition "How to Set Up a Desktop"
A link to a page with instructions toward building a desktop, similar to building the base Gentoo system.

It took me hours to figure out that a desktop needs: and even after I had installed a DM and a WM, the desktop still wouldn't get going because I didn't know I had to install ..
 * 1) a display manager
 * 2) a window manager

...X11 drivers for video, keyboard and mouse! --doh!!!

With clear instructions like the base Gentoo system, time taken would have been at most another 30mins.

This would be most helpful for noobs like myself ;) . --Russelld (talk) 12:37, 24 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Sounds like a good idea to at least mention the building blocks of a desktop system in the Handbook. The Xorg guide used to serve the function of at least helping users get Xorg going (then building a WM or DE on top of it). I'll add a snippet mentioning the steps that are usually necessary to configure a graphical desktop. Thanks, ! --Maffblaster (talk) 17:28, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Stage files may be .xz
The command for removing a stage file from the root directory should be adjusted so that it works for .xz as well as .bz2 files.

--Rafo (talk) 22:00, 1 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Fixed. Thank you! --Maffblaster (talk) 08:05, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Discord Server
Just found this on b.g.o.: --Charles17 (talk) 05:48, 11 September 2019 (UTC)


 * was voted on and closed as WONTFIX. This discussion is has ended; we will not be adding links to Discord servers (a closed source, closed stack software) to the Handbook or anywhere else on official Gentoo sites at this time. --Maffblaster (talk) 20:28, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Suggested addition of doas as a sudo alternative
I believe adding doas as a sudo alternative here would be benefitial, as it would only take about a line and it would be inline with the plethera of choices gentoo gives to the user. --Linobigatti (talk) 01:59, 28 January 2021 (UTC)