new gentoo install - USE variables

[Brian Kelsay]

> Brian Kelsay wrote:
> > I'm part way into my new gentoo install and I'm not sure of what I'm
doing.
> > I am inside the new Gentoo on the PC and I am in nano ready to set
compile
> > variables.   This is Gentoo 1.4 rc2 on a Pent. II 333 with a LX chipset
> > board (pre BX), 256MB Ram, 20GB HDD, ATI Rage Pro 2x AGP 8MB, 3Com 905
Nic
> > and a Creative ES137x sound card.   As you can see it's nothing fancy,
but a
> > spare box.   I want to try out some different window managers on this so
I
> > have included the gnome and kde specific flags and stuff for multimedia,
but
> > do I really need all this stuff in there?   If no, what do I really
need?
> >
> > Here is the USE line I have so far:
> >
> > USE="X gtk gnome -alsa acpi apm arts bonobo cdr crypt cups dvd encode
fbcon
> > gb gd gdbm gif gphoto2 gtkhtml imap imlib java jikes jpeg kde ldap
libgda
> > libwww mbox mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses oav odbc oggvorbis
opengl
> > pam pda perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sasl scanner sdl
slang
> > slp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usbxface xml xml2 xmms xv
zlib
> > x86"
> >
>
> Whoa, whoa, whoa! Stop the compiler! Before you go any further, 'emerge
> ufed' and then type 'ufed' at the command prompt. ufed is a ncurses-
> based use flag editor that automatically puts appropriate changes in
> make.conf. There are a ton of the options you've selected already set by
> default in make.defaults. By putting them in make.conf, you've gone
> overkill. ufed handles all that for you.
>
Well, by trying to emerge ufed I got an extra half hour wait.   Did I really
need this?  I was going by Gentoo' directions and didn't see this anywhere.
Now all sorts of stuff is getting downloaded and installed.

> Before you can emerge anything though, you do need to set your arch as
> indicated. Also, set something besides ibiblio as your default mirror.
> (Ibiblio is getting hammered.)
>
I did change the default mirror and I am getting 115-120Kbps downloads from
the GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu" site you suggested.
Thanks.

> Otherwise, congrats on trying Gentoo. You're going to love it. Be sure
> to do an 'emerge -up --deep world' before you start installing new
> components. This makes sure you're nice and shiny up-to-date on
> absolutely everything installed by default. (Yea, i know, this should
> all be in the install docs...)
>
> --
> Jason Clinton
> I don't believe in witty sigs.
>

At what point do I issue that command?   After stage 1 or 2 or what?
Brian