-2.6 based system w/ udev -working detection and documentation of SATA devices -hardware autodetection fixups -dell servers -better smp kernel support -boot time dmesg saving support (save it to a file, /root/dmesg perhaps?) -cd_version file that states what type of cd (minimal, universal) the livecd is -ufed on the livecd -torrents for the isos -manpages linked from the handbook (man2html?) or man in stage1 -nvidia nforce drivers -portage package that contains release spec files -DVD iso -X livecd -portage gpg signing -portage rewrite in C