Try Linux From Scratch or tiny sofa classic or slackware.
Okay, so I'm starting to get this Linux stuff...And I've decided that I'm going to install Dettu[Xx] on an old piece of crap computer for some experience. But from what I've read, Dettu[Xx] sounds lika bitch even to hardcore Linuxers. So I've been looking for a distro besides the mainstream ones (Redhat, Suse, Debian, Gentoo etc.) that will work good on a laptop, and that's not incredibly deadly to use. Something that can do everything the mainstream distros can, and more.
Try Linux From Scratch or tiny sofa classic or slackware.
I've heard of Slackware, therefore classifying it as mainstream. I believe it's listed under Mainstream/General Public on the Linux.org website. I looked at Tiny Sofa and from what I read it sounded like a network OS. I also don't want a distro based on a mainstream distro. Isn't Linux From Scratch just like...A kernel and a book? :P Ooh, ooh...I also want a distro with a shiny name so I can be like "I've got Schpiggywiggix." and even hardcore Lin-heads will be like "What?"
What about UTUTO, the only Richard Stallman recommended distro.
Not rated in first 100 distrowatch ranking, so no to be considered mainstream
Fanxiang 4TB 2TB 1TB SSD 550MB/s 2.5'' SATA III Internal Solid State Drive lot
$188.99
Netac 1TB 2TB 512GB Internal SSD 2.5'' SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Drive lot
$109.99
Netac 2TB 1TB 512GB 240GB Internal SSD 2.5'' SATAIII 6Gb/s Solid State Drive lot
$108.99
Fanxiang M.2 SATA SSD 2TB 1TB 512GB 256GB SSD Internal M2 Solid State Drive Lot
$109.99
Crucial MX500 CT250MX500SSD1 250 GB SATA III 2.5 in Solid State Drive
$14.99
Patriot P210 128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB 2.5" SATA 3 6GB/s Internal SSD PC/MAC Lot
$13.99
WD BLUE 3D NAND 250GB 2.5" SATA Laptop SSD Solid State Tested,Wiped -WDS250G2B0A
$14.44
Crucial M4 2.5" 512GB SSD SATA 6Gb/s Drive CT512M4SSD2 - PRICE PER UNIT
$24.50
2.5" MSATA M.2 2242 / 2280 SSD SATA III Internal Solid State Drive Lot 6Gb/s DH
$271.99
Netac 1TB 2TB 512GB 120GB Red Internal SSD 2.5'' SATA III Solid State Drive lot
$108.99