USE="unicode nptl modules"                             # core kernel and userland
USE="$USE acl pam ssl openssl curl_ssl_openssl crypt cracklib xattr" # core security
USE="$USE nls iconv xml pcre icu"                      # core subsystems
USE="$USE zlib bzip2"                                  # core compression
USE="$USE berkdb gdbm"                                 # core databases
USE="$USE readline ncurses"                            # core console gui/interactivity frameworks
USE="$USE mudflap openmp python cxx"                   # core languages
USE="$USE ipv6 tcpd resolvconf"                        # core networking
USE="$USE -alsa -cups -X -gtk -kde -introspection"     # do not enable GUI flags
USE="$USE -systemd"                                    # disable systemd by default