I've been running Gentoo pretty much exclusively since about 2002 (on servers, desktops, and laptops). I absolutely love it. A while ago, there was a post on

I've been running Gentoo pretty much exclusively since about 2002 (on servers, desktops, and laptops). I absolutely love it. A while ago, there was a post on HN (mainly harshing on systemd) that complained about the way Linux was starting to converge into something that gave the user little choice about what to install. The OP was using Ubuntu, and all I could think was that if this is a problem for you, you should certainly give Gentoo a spin. It would be hard to imagine having more control over a Linux configuration (short of building a system without a distro). I'll also say that if you're new to Linux and are interested in how it all fits together, Gentoo is a really nice way to learn. The Gentoo Handbook (the main install doc) is, in my opinion, one of the best pieces of technical documentation I've ever read.