Ken MacFerrin wrote: >> Gentoo- my favorite for years > > Why keep writing? You hit the nail on the head right here. Since [snipped Ken's list of nifty things about Gentoo] Ken, you forgot ... #7 -- 4 days to build OpenOffice on my laptop every time an update came out. I just *loved* that one. That helped my productivity immensely. :-) Nate