I was thinking about gentoo linux, and it seems nice, but I've been using Slackware since 1998, and feel pretty attached. Slackware is a nice distribution, but I would like the benefits of compiling ...

After playing with Gentoo for a while with it's portage system, I really like being able to just punch in a command and get an app. Unfortunately, I hate waiting for the damned thing to compile everyt ...