JD is going to release a new ROM today or tomorrow probably, you probably want to wait for that. In the meantime check out DCD's ROM, 1.09. Either one of these guys ROM's will be for the most part stripped and run like a bat out of hell.
DCD's thread:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=69754
Future home of JD's new ROM:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=73860