USE flags

idander · n00b Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 2

Greetings!
I'm trying to install Gentoo for the first time after using RedHat9 on my server for a long time.
The server is primarily a fileserver and a webserver. In time it will probably become a mailserver as well.
I don't run xwindows of any kind.

I'm a bit uncertain about what USE-flags to set, and have come up with this so far:

USE="-alsa -arts -gnome -gtk -icq -kde -mozilla -opengl -oss -oggvorbis -pcmcia -qta -quicktime -videos -voodoo3 -xine -xinerama -xmms -xv -xvid -yahoo -X apache apache2 ftp imap mysql mysqli samba spl ssl tokenizer x86

Is there more I should add to maximize system performance?

Best regards,
Idar

GentooBox · Veteran Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Posts: 1168 Location: Denmark

lousyd · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject: ufed

I would suggest using ufed (a command line USE flag editor gotten by 'emerge ufed') and stepping through each and every flag, selecting it if it's appropriate. Ufed provides a description of every flag, and sometimes the description is even useful.

1. emerge ufed
2. type 'ufed'
3. evaluate each flag

What flags you set and what you don't depends on what hardware you have, what services you'll be running, and what what features you want or don't want available, all of which differs significantly from what everyone else here has.

idander · n00b Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 2

thank you very much!
I will use that, sounds like a nice way to set the flags.

Idar

IT · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:33 am Post subject:

Hi,
go to this thread:
.https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=199676
it might help...I had similar questions and it might give you some insight to USE flags. I hope it helps
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friction · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Sep 2002 Posts: 109

Also check out the page I made on the topic:

http://www.nthdegree.com.au/sverre/publications/120704.html