Arch is kinda more like looking at a catalogue of parts.

Endevour is the same catalogue of parts, but with a flier inserted with a “recommmended loadout” where you can just check some boxes and get whatever it was you wanted, but the doors there to sawzall the trunk off and attach a cargo box if you want.

I was just about to write Linux From Scratch

I daily drive Debian on a couple of thirteen year old laptops. This is exactly right and I’m damn happy about it.

Gentoo:

Yeah, I moved over from Ubuntu after desnapping my system got too irritating.

Its legobricky indeed