Upgrading X and installing GNOME

[m0llbuz_]

Hi,

I have a couple of questions:

1. Why is XFree86 4.3.0 masked?
2. Is it safe to "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge -u xfree", or do I get a bunch of unstable development version packages with it, such as xft, freetype, etc?
3. GNOME 2.2.1 has just been released, so I figure it's a good time to try out GNOME. Is there anything I have to do before emerging it if I want nice anti-aliased fonts and such?
4. What is Xfree86 Kernel DRM? I know it's a kernel module, and I think it renders graphics directly from the hardware, but is it useful for the desktop, or is it just for 3D games, etc?

My current Gentoo system:
- Athlon XP 1800+
- SiS K7S5A
- Kernel gentoo-sources 2.4.20-r1
- XFree 4.2.1
- KDE 3.1

I haven't installed any masked packages (~x86) so far.

Cheers!
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[jedthehumanoid]

Here we go:
1 - xfree 4.3.0 itself is not masked, but some other packages it depends on are, and those are freetype and fontconfig, so that should answer your second question too (you need unstable freetype for xfree 4.3.0)

3 - No, not that i recall, such packages should be installed automaticly
4 - drm is just the kernel module for dri, to get direct rendering support