>  > It's always easiest to get things working properly in Debian, but the
 >  > performance difference on identical hardware is worth the tiny bit more
 >  > effort of Gentoo when squeezing all the performance you can out of a
 >  > product cluster.
 > 
 > Why/how does Gentoo deliver that "tiny bit more" that other
distros can't?

Probably something related to his specific hardware platform.  My box for exam
ple likes SuSe but wasnt as fast or happy with some of the other ones I've
tried.  Nothing wrong with those other products, just minor differences in
hardware support that made that one run more optimal for me.
           xxcarol


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