Funtoo Linux First Steps

After booting into a new Funtoo Linux installation, you are ready to explore the full capabilities of your system. But first, you may want to perform these common steps:

Installing an Editor

By default, Funtoo Linux has the nano and vi editors installed. nano is the default editor.

If you have a favorite editor, you can install it now:

# emerge vim

Default editor

Here is how to change the default system text editor:

# echo EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim > /etc/env.d/99editor

After logging in again, or typing env-update; source /etc/profile in the current shell, the new system editor will now be active.

Create a user account

It's a good idea to create a normal user account that you can use for general Linux tasks. Before rebooting, create a user account for everyday use. Adjust the groups in the example below to match your needs. Some of them may not exist yet on your system. Replace "<user_name>" with the name you're going to use for your everyday user. The "-m" option instructs useradd to create a home directory for your user. See man useradd for more info.

# useradd -m -g users -G audio,cdrom,video,wheel <user_name>

Don't forget to set a password for your new user:

# passwd <user_name>

/etc/rc.conf

/etc/rc.conf contains system settings related to the system initialization scripts. It is a good idea to set rc_logger to YES. This will instruct OpenRC to launch a logging daemon to log the entire rc process to /var/log/rc.log.