he kernel I'll be going with is 2.6.10-gentoo-r6, which is the most recent gentoo-enhanced version of the kernel to date. The stage I've chosen to start from is a Stage 2 install: basically, all the low-level system stuff is already provided, which I would need anyway. No, I'm not yet nuts enough to do a Stage 1. If you are confused about what I'm talking about, please go to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml. That is the guide I used to install my system. Though this server will mostly be used for server operations, I would like a window manager to make rooting through configurations easier. I chose fluxbox (http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/) for its very small overhead, unlike KDE or Gnome, which insist on installing a bunch of stuff I won't need (including all that lame GUI config crap).