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Gentoo. I figured I could learn much more that way. It was true. The Wiki was excellent. Still is as far as I know.
Gentoo is on my to-do list to try out, going to set of a whole weekend to just sit down and enjoy the process of installing it. Have never touched it before, but always heard good things about it, as well as the things you learn along the way. Glad to hear you think so too!
it wasn't my first distro but i did the full bootstrap install so it must have been pre 2005. ran it as my daily driver for years