[Gllug] Recommended distro

[Nelson Menezes]

OK, given the subject line, I hope this won't be too
controversial (ah-ah).

I've been running Linux for over a year now on a home
desktop. Mandrake 9.2 and Red Hat 9 were my first
toes-in-the-water experiences, and I think they were very
good to learn how things work, etc. I couldn't go back to
Windows now. I've progressed through Mandrake 10 and 10.1
and, being tech-savvy, I think I want something more
in-depth and configurable now. I want something that won't
be too automated but also not so much of a pain to make
work that I will need to give up job and family to sort out
file dependencies. 

So, to sum it up, I was thinking maybe Debian or Gentoo.
I've never tried either and the respective websites both
say "this is the best distro on all universes", so I
thought I'd get your opinions. Do both distros usually
build from source? (I'd like that). Or does some other
distro have the same level of popularity? (I don't want to
be in a too-small niche.)

Sorry if this has been asked a zillion times before.

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