I consider this environment to be simple, stable and with a versatile configuration.
I am using this set of tools since a lot of time and I do not think I will change them any time soon.
I resigned from the battle for visual consistency a long time ago, it is not worth it.
I use the latest stable release of headless Debian.
# root
apt-get install --yes git sudo ntfs-3g rfkill && usermod -aG sudo pab
# pab
git clone 'https://github.com/pablos123/environment' "${HOME}/environment" && "${HOME}/environment/bin/setup_machine"