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Open a terminal/console-window & type:

 git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git

Now type:

 cd linux-2.6/

Now type

 make menuconfig

or

 make xconfig

Mark the boxes for each build-option

Now type:

 make

If you have more than one CPU type:

 make -j2

Now type:

make install