* Enabled unicode by default (thanks to Melkor for his help)
* Updated the default kernel to Linux-2.6.24.05 with Reiser4
* Updated sys-block/partimage and sys-block/partimage-ssl to 0.6.7
* Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to 1.2412 (ntfs full read-write support)
* Added extra ntfsprogs tools (ntfswipe ntfstruncate ntfsmove ntfsmftalloc)
* Added x11-terms/rxvt-unicode (terminal that supports unicode)
* Added xfce-extra/terminal-0.2.8 (terminal with utf8 support and tabs)
* Added networking tools: openvpn + pptpclient + openswan + vpnc
* Added net-misc/autossh (automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels)
* Rewrote the network boot options implementation (make it simpler)
* Improved the dhcp boot options support (pxeboot and dodhcp option)
* Added network boot options for static addresses on single interfaces
* Fixed boot from and hard disk connected to an HP-Smart-Array (CCISS)
* Added the server mode in tightvnc (vncpasswd + /etc/init.d/vnc start)
* Added the "vncserver=x:password" option (start vncserver with x displays)
* Added the "initscript=service:action" boot option to start/stop services
* Start the portmap initscript by default (required by autorun on nfs)
* Improved the vim configuration (turned on syntax highlighting)
* Added the missing net-dialup/rp-pppoe package (pppoe-setup command)
* Moved the initialization stuff from bashlogin to initscript
* Updated e2fsprogs to 1.40.8 (fix the wrong value for the inode size)
* Added several drivers for 56k modems