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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Hi guys,
That was my first ever review and it was only when I went to my gf's for the weekend after submitting the article that I realised I'd forgotten to tag my specs on at the end. Anyway - here they are :
Asus A7V8X mobo
Athlon XP 2400+ (running at 2.2GHz)
512 MB PC2700
GeForce FX 5800
ATA66 (!) primary IDE master, with an ATA133 primary slave (this doesn't help speed at all)
Those are all the stats that should matter but I should point out that when I say Vector is fast - it is FAST. It's considerably faster to boot and load apps than Slackware 9.1 which is also on my machine.
As for KDE and Gnome, I think KDE is available as a series of packages (if not from vector then the slackware ones should work fine) and I believe that you can use dropline Gnome with it - I installed this on Slackware 9.1 and it's not really not hard - you download the installer, run it and leave over night. voila!