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Author: Timothy Warren <tim@timshomepage.net>
Date:   Mon Jan 9 11:29:29 2012 -0500

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+#General Gentoo maintainance
+
+## Checking for updates
+Sync with Gentoo's servers, and then see what updates there are:
+
+`emerge --sync && emerge -pv --update world`
+
+To install available updates:
+
+`emerge --update world`
+
+## Starting / Restarting Services
+
+Gentoo services have init files in the `/etc/init.d/` directory.
+
+To start a service:
+`/etc/init.d/[service] start`
+
+To restart a service:
+`/etc/init.d/[service] restart`
+
+To stop a service:
+`/etc/init.d/[service] stop`
+
+Common services
+
+`mysqld` - mysql
+
+`php-fpm` - php with fpm  
+
+`lighttpd` - lighttpd web server
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