Arch + KDE5. I'd echo comments above saying that today most distros amount to the same thing, but the benefit of Arch is it's minimal by default, so you don't g

Arch + KDE5. I'd echo comments above saying that today most distros amount to the same thing, but the benefit of Arch is it's minimal by default, so you don't get any junk, and pretty much everything is setup by you. It's not hard to install because of how great the wiki is, just take a look at the Beginner's guide and you're all set. I personally prefer it to Mint/Ubuntu because of the packaging system (easy to rebuild packages from ABS, modify AUR ones etc)