I knew that it wasn't a good name for a car. Now I know why. It could
apply to computers, too. But I am sure that the Cubans don't mind. Free is good,
no matter what the name. I can see why Linux would appeal to them. I am still
not sure about why Gentoo, but I know that it is a strong platform for
developers, so if they can make it good for users then that is all that matters.

Alexandru commented on Sabayon, one of the more usable Gentoo distros. It is
indeed resource hungry. Expect it th chew up about 16 GBs of your hard drive,
easily double what most distros use and it is very memory and CPU intensive.
Howver, it is one of the nicest looking distros and it works well, if you have
the time to compile from source. The problem is as Alexandru has figured out
that most people compile from source to make your machine run at optimal speed
and efficiency and Sabayon does not come through.

Anyway, I digress. Gentoo is a good platform as long as you have the time and
patience to commit to setting it up and compiling programmes from source code.
The tools are there with Portage, but it takes a loooonnngggg time to compile
Open Office. It took me overnight and well into the next day. I gave up on
Gentoo after that.