I'm surpised to see that gentoo and debian have the lead in the poll. I voted for gentoo because that's what I use as my main OS but it is not a distro for everyone. It was so long to install (from stage 1 on a fast PC) that I wouldn't consider installing it again from stage 1. Maybe from stage 3. But once it is installed and configured, maintaining it it very easy and not time consuming. Plus its biggest avantage is that you can be on the bleeding edge on certai programs if you choose to.
I'm surpised to see that gentoo and debian have the lead in the poll. I voted for gentoo because that's what I use as my main OS but it is not a distro for everyone. It was so long to install (from stage 1 on a fast PC) that I wouldn't consider installing it again from stage 1. Maybe from stage 3. But once it is installed and configured, maintaining it it very easy and not time consuming. Plus its biggest avantage is that you can be on the bleeding edge on certai programs if you choose to.