i suspect that's asking a lot - i can understand why one would want to go with a lowest common denominator, but i was impressed with what what a difference they made in responsiveness on a 200mhz box when i tried out mandrake (it had been previously running red hat, so i had somewhat of a baseline to work with.)
nice work by the way. i'd never heard of it before about a week ago. i see it's still a work in progress, but it seems to do what it's intended to well, and i like the basic philosophy behind it.
cheers.