I've been using Kubuntu since 9.04 and I've replaced my last install of it with Arch just last week, after 4.5 years of joy with it on my laptops. I'm probably

I've been using Kubuntu since 9.04 and I've replaced my last install of it with Arch just last week, after 4.5 years of joy with it on my laptops. I'm probably not going back to Ubuntu for desktop / development / gaming use. It feels like you're in control of everything. Not like you know everything, but you know that if something is going to be on your way, you'll be able to find a solution (and learn something new which is applicable to other distros as well) in the day because things are simple (!= easy) and the Arch wiki is awesome. Somehow, I'd say the feeling is a bit similar to the one I had when I definitely switched from Windows XP to Kubuntu back in the days, except you don't have to change your habits with regard to software you use. In addition to that, you're almost always having the latest version of everything, including the kernel. No more unsupported hardware, no more outdated driver, no more missing feature, no more other OS you can't run in a container because of your host kernel being too old. One thing, though: there are two cases where I wouldn't use Arch (but I didn't use Ubuntu for these either): computers I use like once or twice per year and production servers. Having close to nothing to upgrade is a feature for me there, so I use Debian stable.