gentoo configuration

IN PROGRESS DRAFT

common things i'll configure on a fresh gentoo system. primarily geared towards desktop usage, with systemd.

the gentoo install amd64 page is here.

clock

no timezone set, no ntpd, no system clock synchronization:

$ timedatectl
               Local time: Thu 2026-05-14 08:45:33 -00
           Universal time: Thu 2026-05-14 08:45:33 UTC
                 RTC time: Thu 2026-05-14 08:45:35
                Time zone: Factory (-00, +0000)
System clock synchronized: no
              NTP service: inactive
          RTC in local TZ: no

set timezone:

$ timedatectl list-timezones | grep Canada/Pacific
$ timedatectl set-timezone Canada/Pacific

install and enable chrony, network time protocol daemon (ntpd):

$ emerge -a chrony
$ systemctl enable --now chronyd
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/chronyd.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service'.

timezone set, ntpd active, system clock synchronized:

$ timedatectl
               Local time: Thu 2026-05-14 01:49:22 PDT
           Universal time: Thu 2026-05-14 08:49:22 UTC
                 RTC time: Thu 2026-05-14 08:49:21
                Time zone: Canada/Pacific (PDT, -0700)
System clock synchronized: yes
              NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: no