I am what would be called a "Power User", I have used Linux for years, from Slackware to Arch Linux, and DE/WM from KDE to DWM. I tried GNOME Shell twice, once

I am what would be called a "Power User", I have used Linux for years, from Slackware to Arch Linux, and DE/WM from KDE to DWM. I tried GNOME Shell twice, once with Fedora 15 and 3.5 in Arch Linux: I couldn't use it for more than a couple of hours, it was painful. I just finished installing Ubuntu 12.10, and I must say that I like Unity, I like the global menu: I like the direction Canonical is taking. For me, the problems with Ubuntu are the Repos/Apt which I dislike and are somewhat broken: And mainly the Community, which is not as helpful as the Gentoo community for example.