Just a quick note to let you all know that linux 2.4.21 has been deemed stable engoth to become final It was released on friday 13th and is now out on the kernel.org website.

This will probally become one of the final releases of the 2.4.xx seris before the 2.5.xx test branch becomes stable 2.6.xx

You can view the changelog here

If you've never built a kernel before its not as hard as it sounds, You just pick the bits that you need and away you go A great site for helping you is Kernelnewbies