Not necessarily in this forum, but across the web you'll get plenty of fringe suggestions. My advice - stick with something Debian or Ubuntu based. Mint is a good, well adopted option that is Ubuntu-based. Ultimately, for projects like this, there will likely be 1-3 "main" go-to distros that will be utilized and promoted. Developers will use those distros and end users will be subject to those choices. The beauty of Linux is choice, but unless you are ready to put in the time/work/dedication to support your own package manager and software updates, you are likely better off just going with the flow and rhythm the maintainers support.
-Chad
Quick follow-up - http://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=153 Andre appears to be the main developer/maintainer so far and Debian seems to be the distro of choice. So far.
-Chad
Quick follow-up - http://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=153 Andre appears to be the main developer/maintainer so far and Debian seems to be the distro of choice. So far.