Gentoo Fans utb RE: Red Hat and product lifespan

[lerninlinux at comcast.net]

I have been messing with different distros and would like to try Gentoo, as I think it might help 
me learn better.  I was wondering what speeds of machines you all compile (and run if compile on 
other machine) it on; cpu and mem size vs time.  I have 3 reasonably fast machines and 4 or 5 slow 
ones.  Eventually I would like Linux with an encrypted filesystem on my laptop/desknote as I need 
to worry about data security with a possible job.  Linux has been serving me well this past year, 
but I am really unhappy with how slow I feel I am learning, not enough time in the day with 
multiple jobs and 7 day a week work schedule.  That's why you see me virtually instead of at the 
meetings!

Thanks all
Randal