At certain times while using Gentoo you are going to have to perform a large emerge, for example when you do an update world. It can be challenging to keep track of the status of this emerge with all the output flying by on the screen. It can also become a problem if you want [...]

Updating your kernel is important if you want to take advantage of new hardware support or bleeding edge features.  Aside from these obvious benefits it also allows you to keep up with security patches, system optimization, and overall stability issues. The first thing you have to do is emerge the latest gentoo-sources package. # emerge [...]