[Cialug] Well "put together" Linux distros?

[Jonathan A. Kollasch]

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 01:29:41PM -0500, Nicolai wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I'm looking for a clean, light, and well "put together" Linux distro that
> doesn't change its startup scripts, paths, and so on.  Something stable
> in that regard.  Very few symlinks and no symlink chains.
> 
> I've played with Debian but am definitely open to others.
> 
> Ubuntu should be at the opposite end of the spectrum.  What do you
> recommend and why?

While I don't find Debian without it's faults, I find that it's a
somewhat well balanced mix of functionality and stability.
Of popular GNU/Linux distributions, I've found Debian least
frustrating.

I haven't tried Slackware, and haven't used Gentoo recently, but they
may be distributions to investigate too.

	Jonathan Kollasch