> I would not *necessarily* recommend Gentoo for a new Linux user, > other than to say that once he/she got it up and running they would > be a much more experienced Linux user. ;-) Seconded. But if you have a bit experience then Gentoo is a really smooth Distro. I'm a Desktop user and tried SuSE and Mandrake before, but none of them survived on my machine as long as Gentoo did :) . Best regards ce