Is Arch REALLY worth installing?

[Shining Arcanine]

I am considering switching from Mint/Ubuntu to Arch.

Today, I tried out openSUSE, and realize for the final time that KDE is NOT for me. I've considered Arch for a couple of days now, and here are the reasons why:

*When including the AUR, a MASSIVE collection of repository packages that are easy to install.

*A rolling release system, which in my opinion seems very appealing

*I only install what I WANT. Not what comes with it.



But, with all of this in my mind, I would really like to see those who switched to Arch and see what they say.


So, here is what I want you to say in your reply:


1) What OS you used before Arch.

2) What were your initial impressions.

3) After installation, is using it easy-to-use day-to-day?

4) Are you happy using it.


Those questions are of course for Arch users only. If you don't use Arch, feel free to say what you think of Arch.

Why do you dislike KDE? If you dislike KDE, why not use GNOME? I think both Ubuntu and openSUSE are good GNOME distributions.