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1. Slackware—the classic. Main release is very stable. You can use Slackware-Current to keep up with changes.
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2. Arch Linux—possibly the most optimized binary distribution available. Similar to Slackware in structure, but simpler than Slackware in what it comes with—not a whole lot. This is not simple as in newbie simple, it is simple in terms of containing only the basics; you add what you want and put together config files yourself. You can learn on this system because the documentation is very good, but you must be willing to read and research before you start out or you will not get very far. This is a great distro, but it is only designed for people who want to have complete control and set things up their way. Pacman is the fastest binary package manager, period.
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3. Debian—another classic with Debian, you can get a rock solid stable version, which is awesome for server environments, but gets old quickly for desktop users. Debian Testing is a more reasonable compromise, but can still be aged. Debian Sid is unstable, provides cutting-edge software, but is known to have broken packages from time to time. The sidux distribution is a Debian offshoot that same Sid irregularities and gives Sid some mood stabilizing medicine so that he won't "blow up the toys" any more—translation: sidux WORKS and is an awesome distribution for running cutting-edge stuff that works. Arch and Debian are near the forefront here.
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4. Gentoo—one of the classic source based distributions. The project has recently fallen on hard times, but people who want to build their own source code based system still frequently turn to Gentoo.
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5. Sabayon—a Gentoo offshoot that makes initial entry into the source based distro space a bit easier initially. I've not worked with this one much and I've heard mixed reports. Advocates say that it is easy to install initially, is fast, and has the same advantages as Gentoo. Detractors complain about quality issues, some of the same complaints that I've heard with Gentoo.
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In Conclusion
Gentoo and Sabayon, without a doubt, result in the potential to create highly optimized systems. Perhaps you don't think about that as an outcome with Slackware or Debian, but the fact of the matter is that with all five of these systems, if you so choose, you can go to source code and build or rebuild portions of your system. Therefore, all five of these systems have the geek factor, the ability to take what comes in the base system and turn it into something very distinctive, and very YOU.
Frankly, I find most Linux distros to be very good, but even if they aren't, out of the box, I can turn them into something good. However, some systems are more suited, as configured, for various tasks. Some make the best Live CD systems for speed, others make good toolchest systems, some make good desktops, others make good servers.
Sinceramente não sei que faz debian ali no meio