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  1. Funtoo Linux
  2. FL-8269

Funtoo mix-ins need spring cleaning

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    • Over the course of time, things have been added but not cleaned out. And the documentation has not been updated to reflect new options.
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      There are lots of options when you do:
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      but little explanation and many aren't even listed on https://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Profiles
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      There are lots of options when you do: epro list but little explanation and many aren't even listed on https://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Profiles

      Funtoo mix-ins currently stand at:

      X, amazon-ec2, audio, cinnamon, console-extras, dvd, encrypted-root
      gfxcard-amdgpu, gfxcard-ancient-ati, gfxcard-intel*, gfxcard-intel-classic
      gfxcard-intel-iris, gfxcard-nouveau, gfxcard-nvidia, gfxcard-nvidia-legacy
      gfxcard-older-ati, gfxcard-radeon, gfxcard-vmware*, gnome*, gnome-3.16-fixups
      hardened, kde, kde-plasma-5, kde-plasma-5-new, lxde, lxqt
      mate, media, media-pro, mediadevice-audio-consumer, mediadevice-audio-pro
      mediadevice-base, mediadevice-video-consumer, mediadevice-video-pro
      mediaformat-audio-common, mediaformat-audio-extra, mediaformat-gfx-common
      mediaformat-gfx-extra, mediaformat-video-common, mediaformat-video-extra
      no-emul-linux-x86, no-systemd, openvz-host, print, python3-only
      selinux, stage1, vmware-guest, wayland, xfce

       

      There are many that arent being used (deprecated) and some that are very obfuscated leading to confusion to some users who might be new to Funtoo. And there is little documentation on what mix-in does what on the Funtoo website.

      For instance:

      kde, kde-plasma-5, kde-plasma-5-new (this is plain confusing at the very least)

      python3-only (this can cause users trouble as we still have python2.7 deps for some things, docs probably needed to explain a use case for this one if it is kept)

      gnome-3.16-fixups (way beyond that version (3.36)

      no-systemd (as i understand, this was an issue 6 years ago, but seeing that I have never enabled this, I am not sure it is needed anymore. But i could be and have been wrong on such things)

      Graphics cards may need some explaining, as we have a few versions for each (like a cut-off point i.e. date and/or model number for the ancient or classic ones)

       

      I am sure there are others that could use some cleaning but these are off the top of my head.

      It would simplify things and keep new Funtoo users from making mistakes when setting up their Funtoo system

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            krish krish
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