Linked by Matt Lacey on Mon 3rd Nov 2003 02:56 UTC
Vector Linux is a distribution based on the oldest Linux distribution available today - Slackware. It comes in two flavours - a freely downloadable ISO 'lite' version (which I used for this review) and a Deluxe CD edition which can be ordered from www.vectorlinux.com. The deluxe edition includes extras such as Gnome and KDE, as well as a whole pile of extra software. 
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It's pretty damned fast. I am running 500 mhz, 256 meg ram, and 7200 rpm drive. Fairly old hardware that is sluggish with SuSE/RH. Vector is one of the quickest *nix I've tried outside of FreeBSD. Admittedly I'm using IceWM and I'm more used to Windowmaker and KDE. The boot time is certainly quick and I added the 2.6 test 9 kernel and everything runs better than ever. Some apps like firebird are still a bit sluggish to load, I think that's a program / compiler issue rather than anything a distro can cure. I'm currently d/l'ing KDE and if that runs good, I will certainly buy the CD with the extra apps.
I've tried lunar, crux, and some others which are also speedy. The downside of lunar and friends is that you really need broadband. Crux gives a good base but is a general pain. Overall seems Vector is a good perfomance distro and I can recompile everything gradually for O3 and i686. Closest to my idea of a perfect distro, only lacking an intelligent system like bsd ports/Arch/moonbase/etc.