I'm thinking of trying Gentoo on it, it's
supposed to be very very
configurable and optimizable. The synth/effects laptop doesn't have a
lot of memory and only a 2.8GHz Celeron. (Of course, someone on the list
is using an EEEPC 1000 for the same purposes, so maybe the hardware
shouldn't matter!)
AVLinux is my current platform; Sabayon is also very good (very polished
and reliable), and it is Gentoo-based. Haven't found a realtime kernel
for Sabayon or Gentoo yet.
J.E.B.