ArchLinux -- It satisfies my needs with the least hassle: I use a very heavily configured i3 setup that's tailored exactly to my needs for school and developing

ArchLinux -- It satisfies my needs with the least hassle: I use a very heavily configured i3 setup that's tailored exactly to my needs for school and developing (Full DE's are clumsy and to slow on my cheap laptop), and I need recent versions of software for school IE. Eclipse since we're required to use it for Java, and LibreOffice for writing papers. Older versions of either one of those either don't work as well or don't work at all, as I have to transfer stuff to them from newer versions on school computers. (That being the newest Eclipse and MSoft Office). I could use Ubuntu or Fedora or etc., but at that point I'd have to be continually updating to the next version to keep my software versions current enough to be used, and even then I risk my configuration breaking on the bigger upgrades and having to deal with that during the middle a semester, not very convenient. Arch has a reputation for being a lot of work, but as far as I'm concerned it's much less work to keep up-to-date then a Ubuntu install, at the very least Arch doesn't have massive breaking updates every 6 months. I have yet to have my Arch system totally crap-out on me, as long as I update my packages every few days or so, and check the Arch News before any upgrades that may cause issues, it's been extremely easy to maintain.