Does anyone know any Linux distros that are pretty stable like Debian but aren't debian? (i hate apt and it's package defaults and stuff)

I want something that feels like a BSD-based distro but isn't rolling like Arch or something.

Slackware was one i looked at but i'd need a slackware user to tell me how slackware is before I just install it. There's CRUX too but I don't see why i'd use that over Arch, as it's also rolling.