So I was reading on the gentoo.org page that their new kernel has all sorts
of performance enhancing mods.  Does anyone know when/if these are going to
be merged into the main 2.4 tree?  Otherwise, does anyone have a resource
where I can find a nice list of the current mods available for the 2.4
kernel?

Also, has anyone here installed Gentoo?  Does compilation go nicely, or will
I have to babysit it while it installs?  Mandrake is sweet and all, but even
on my Athlon 1700+, KDE and konqueror seem a bit sluggish.  And Mandrake
installs a ton of crap that I'll never even use.

Jay