Eye Candy.
Trying to add a viz plugin to XMMS was a major pain. Ended up having to install two libraries before i got it to compile.
Bittorrent: Need to install a whole bunch of python shit before it'll (maybe) work. Later
Other Stuff:
Can't get Gaim to compile, complains about Glib version being less than 2.0, even though I have a newer version (2.4) than it asks for. I think I found a solution other than downloading the latest, seems I have to specify the path before ./configure, will try later.

Compiled the new kernel yesterday. Looked ok till I tried playing an MP3. Hosed my Alsa drivers! Dicked about trying to recompile them, needed to do a 'make clean' but eventually it all worked out.

System appears stable;
Downloading 2.4.26 kernel is coming along nicely,
but dialup here in Para is still the pits. Thank goodness for Prozilla's resume feature.
Grabbed a few skins and viz plugins for XMMS.
Should look around for some 5.1 media files to check
the surround functionality.
Still haven't got a version of KDE newer than 3.0.1
working... 3.0.1 is stable unless I try watching a DVD in Mplayer gui mode.
Mplayer: need to find better way to watch DVD rips, would be nice if the DVD menus worked like they do in zoom player under Win.