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Originally posted by Kilyn
I'd suggest Gentoo for low-powered computers.
Gentoo on a low-end computer is a double-edged sword: while it does allow creation of an optimized minimal installation, compiling everything takes proportionally longer on a slower machine. We were never told the specs of what Supersonicdarky describes as "not so powerful", but depending on what that is, a stage 1 Gentoo install could literally take
days -- nor would that be the end of it, if he plans to keep his installation up to date.
Gentoo is also not a very good idea for a first time Linux user (he doesn't say that he is one, but I assume so).
Provided it hasn't changed much since last time I used it, I would probably suggest Slackware. The Slackware installation procedure may not be the simplest out there either, but certainly far easier and much quicker than Gentoo's.
