Gentoo Linux 提供許多個系統記錄器的選擇。分別為 sysklogd，它是一個傳統的系統記錄伺服器，syslog-ng ，是一個進階的系統記錄器。
# emerge -s syslog-ng
Searching…
[ Results for search key : syslog-ng ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* app-admin/syslog-ng
Latest version available: 3.4.8
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 3,095 kB
Homepage: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng
Description: syslog replacement with advanced filtering features
License: GPL-2+ LGPL-2.1+
# emerge -s sysklogd
Searching…
[ Results for search key : sysklogd ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* app-admin/sysklogd
Latest version available: 1.5.1
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 112 kB
Homepage: http://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/
Description: Standard log daemons
License: BSD
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安裝系統紀錄器 sysklogd
# emerge sysklogd
啟動 sysklogd
# /etc/init.d/sysklogd start
開機時啟動
# rc-update add sysklogd default
或安裝 syslog-ng 系統紀錄器
# emerge syslog-ng
啟動 sysklogd
# /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start
開機時啟動
# rc-update add syslog-ng default
安裝紀錄檔置換程式
# emerge logrotate