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Recent Community Updates: Live ISO, Website, Download Site, and SpeedtestA roundup of what the community has worked on lately: the custom KDE Live ISO, the Calamares installer, the gig overlay, the build pipeline, the website (migrated to Hextra, now with English), the download site, and the speedtest page.
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Python 3.14 Becomes the Default (2026-06-01)Gentoo has switched the system default Python from 3.13 to 3.14. Most people don't need to do anything — just let it roll through on the next upgrade. If you want to control the timing, or hit a USE / dependency error, here's what to do.
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Migrating the Site Theme from Blowfish to HextraWe switched this site's theme from Blowfish to Hextra: lighter, faster, and friendlier to docs and terminal browsers. Here's why we switched and what changed.
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Migrating the Site from Jekyll to HugoAfter taking over maintenance in 2025, I moved the site from Jekyll to Hugo—faster builds, less deployment hassle. A quick note on why we switched and what got moved.
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Gentoo is dropping cache mirrors for third-party repos (gentoo-zh users, update your sync source)Starting 2025-10-30, Gentoo no longer provides official cache mirrors for third-party overlays like gentoo-zh, syncing straight from the GitHub upstream instead. If you added gentoo-zh before, just update your sync URI as described here.
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Installing Gentoo Linux on Apple Silicon Macs (M1/M2 MacBook Install Guide)The full workflow for getting Gentoo onto an M1/M2 MacBook, based on Asahi Linux: live USB, partitioning, kernel, all the way to the desktop.
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The Gentoo Chinese Community, Under ConstructionA note from when the community was rebooting for the third time and the site was still being built: what Gentoo is, why the community is starting over, and the first-phase work on translation, mirrors, and more.
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The Gentoo Chinese Community Is FoundedThe founding announcement of the Gentoo Chinese Community, take three: a look back at the 2004 and 2007 efforts, the relaunch led by 清风, and the push to bring mainland China's Gentoo resources and people together in one place.
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Gentoo China (Mirror) Site Goes LiveThe Gentoo Chinese site is up. For now it's just a mirror of the official site, but we figure it'll grow into the community's main site.
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