Linked by Og Maciel on Tue 25th Jan 2005 20:24 UTC
In my never ending search for the ultimate challenge, I decided to remove Gentoo Linux from my trusty laptop and install something else that wasn't as resource starving. Thus, Debian was selected.
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Someone suggested using ebuilds insted of compiling but one has to ask the question i.e. why use Gentoo then? Cannot the prospective user use another distro with prepackaged easily available binaries like those rpm distros such as FC, SuSE, MDK; or others like Slackware, Arch? The whole idea about using gentoo is for optimization for optimization sake irrespective of care for duration of installation, building, configuration.
If one has some really old or "challenged" hardware (e.g. 128 mb or < ram), I suggest you either go for a total cli experience (a number of distros allow for a base install only option) or opt for something with light WMs like Vector Linux - http://www.vectorlinux.com/