Looking at a workstation solution.

["John McGee" <jmcgee@xxxxxxxxxx>]

i know this will come across as a pretty general question but here goes.

I'm looking for a low end workstation os for a laptop setup.

ive tried freebsd 5.2.1 and its kind of slow.  how does dragonfly compare? 
how does it compare (in speed) to a linux 2.6.8 workstation.

any response would be great.