oh ya, one other very important detail, although you will probably be ok w/o it, goto nvidia's website and download their linux driver, it needs to be installed while logged in as root and in console mode, that will enable graphic acceleration when in X.That also involves changing 2 lines in the xconfig file.
It will run fine w/o it, but if you want to play any games that need openGL, you will need to install the driver from nvidia