"I want to put Gentoo on my EeePC so I can squeeze the best performance out of it and also have it configured to heck, but that weedy Celeron 900MHz might take a while to compile everything..."
*finds out about distcc which offloads compiling to a server/group of servers*
"Aww heck YES this'll do nicely. :>"
@renbymon I had a kick making it from scratch 15 years ago with a use variable two screens long
I know Gentoo kinda gets a bad rap but I really like the level of customisation and control that I get from it.