Yeah, I understand that But I'm willing to try it if the results are as good as many claim. If I can get a much faster system with gentoo, I'm happy. I hope the compilation to be a bit faster than several days though (I've got a much faster computer, so hopefully, it won't take more than a day)Just be aware that if you choose to compile the entire system yourself, it will take quite a while, relatively speaking with regards to how fast your system is. With an old PIII 450 you would be looking at *days*...