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diff --git a/python/templates/pages/get-started/about/index.html b/python/templates/pages/get-started/about/index.html deleted file mode 100644 index 94d0c40..0000000 --- a/python/templates/pages/get-started/about/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ ---- -nav1: get-started -nav2-show: true -nav2: about -nav2-weight: 10 - -title: 'About Gentoo' ---- -{% include {{ STATIC_URL }}/html/includes/hero-section/start class="abouthdr huge" %} - <div class="row"> - <div class="col-md-4"> - <img src="/assets/img/bg/larry.png" class="img-responsive" alt="Larry the cow, a bit unhappy"> - </div> - <div class="col-md-8"> - Larry the Cow was a bit frustrated<br> at the current state of Linux distributions… - <br><br> - <div class="right">…until he tried Gentoo Linux.</div> - </div> - </div> -{% include {{ STATIC_URL }}/html/includes/hero-section/end %} - -<h2>What is Gentoo?</h2> - -<p class="lead"> - Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. - <br> - Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. -</p> - -<p> - Thanks to a technology called <strong>Portage,</strong> Gentoo can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, - professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or something else—whatever you need it to be. - Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, we call Gentoo a metadistribution. -</p> - -<p> - Of course, Gentoo is more than just the software it provides. - It is a community built around a distribution which is driven by more than 300 developers and thousands of users. - The distribution project provides the means for the users to enjoy Gentoo: - documentation, infrastructure, release engineering, software porting, quality assurance, security followup, hardening and more. -</p> - -<p> - To advise on and help with Gentoo's global development, a 7-member council is elected on a yearly basis which decides on global issues, - policies and advancements in the Gentoo project. -</p> - -<h2>What is Portage?</h2> - -<p class="lead"> - Portage is the heart of Gentoo, and performs many key functions. For one, Portage is the software distribution system for Gentoo: -</p> - -<p> - To get the latest software for Gentoo, you type one command: <kbd>emerge --sync</kbd>. - This command tells Portage to update your local "Portage tree" over the Internet. - Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to create and install the latest Gentoo packages. - Currently, we have more than 10000 packages in our Portage tree, with updates and new ones being added all the time. -</p> - -<p class="lead"> - Portage is also a package building and installation system: -</p> - -<p> - When you want to install a package, you type <kbd>emerge packagename</kbd>, - at which point Portage automatically builds a custom version of the package to your exact specifications, - optimizing it for your hardware and ensuring that the optional features in the package that you want are enabled—and those you don't want aren't. -</p> - -<p class="lead"> - Portage also keeps your system up-to-date: -</p> - -<p> - Typing one command (<kbd>emerge -uD world</kbd>) will ensure that all the packages that <em>you</em> want on your system are updated automatically. -</p>
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