To document and provide accurate and detailed and specific information about the portage package management system, its differences compared to other systems, its benefits, its inherent problems and works in progress. To elaborate on the kernel setup for gentoo linux and necessary components described in detail to give the common user more information on the inner workings of the gentoo system. Provide information on optimization. For example the gcc compiler and its cflags (optimization flags) and how they can benefit the end user regard to speed and stability in a consistently readable format. Allow the user to find all documentation in on concise book rather than 50 or even more how-to's and eliminate the tedious task of searching around dejanews and many forums. Our end goal is to be comparativly as good and even better as the FreeBSD hand book, with intimate knowlege of gentoo, its features, its internal structure, future developments and speciality's regarding Gentoo. With the aid of gentoo developers this book should fill all posible fields of knowlege regarding the gentoo linux operating system and its unique portage technology. Currently we are in the process of developing the documentation on a level which is suitable for the newbie (freshling to linux) and the die hard advanced *nix user. The need for this list is a effort to coordinate, streamline and centralise the information flow in the developement documents. The need for centralised input within our small starting community is big and starting to grow out of manageble proportions seeing as we have editors ranging from all the continents of the world. Our documentation is based on the XML technology. The documentation will ultimately be "The Gentoo Bible".