This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C38724.53840800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the comments... I've been an avid RedHatter for some time - I'm even a RHCE(stop your = laughing now hehe ;-)), but Gentoo looks really great. Portage sounds = good too... So Gentoo - Here I come!!! Any recommendations for which "stage tarball" to use? Fro the site: "The stage1 tarball is used when you want to bootstrap and build the = entire system from scratch. The stage2 tarball is used for building the = entire system from a bootstrapped "semi-compiled" state. The stage3 = tarball already contains a basic Gentoo Linux system that has been built = for you..." Stage1? ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C38724.53840800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable