Arch Linux is so powerful thanks to its amazing community. You got access to over 70k packages with one command (stable: pacman, community: yaourt). Whatever yo

Arch Linux is so powerful thanks to its amazing community. You got access to over 70k packages with one command (stable: pacman, community: yaourt). Whatever you're looking for, it's there. I run the same setup for almost 7 years without any issues, and it's always fast, always reliable and productive. I prefer Xmonad over pretty stuff like KDE though, just like many Arch users. It's not beautiful and there is a learning curve, but once you got used to it, you can use it for years, just like me and lots of other people. And it'll give you a stability that lasts years. Recently I created a distro based on Arch, to attract more pragmatic developers to use Arch. My distro is called Happy Hacking Linux and unlike Arch, it comes with a ready-to-use desktop. It's a niche distro made just for pragmatic developers, so its installation wizard starts with asking where your dotfiles are located, and sets up a system that you can immediately start building stuff. Last January, I converted my dad's old desktop pc to my personal development workspace within 30 minutes. And that useless machine was running my workspace as fast as a brand new Mac with bloated OSX. If you're curious, check it out; http://kodfabrik.com/happy-hacking-linux http://kodfabrik.com/happy-hacking-linux