On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:39:21 +0200, Ariane wrote:

> Hi
> I'm interested in Gentoo because of its updating system (don't remember its
> name...) but I wonder if I can use it on a plain old 56k modem connexion ?
> Is it just impossible or only very looooooong ?
> Thanks for any advice about that !

Well, initially, very long. I would get an install cd and the packages cd
and install from that medium first. Then, SOME updates (X, java-sdk,
kde, gnome, etc) will take a bit to download, others will not take
long. But if you stay current, it may not be too bad if you stick with the
system libraries and minor packages.