I feel like most people in this thread aren't understanding thoroughly that this game is telling you all that money is worth less every year incrementally, I wonder how long this can go on.
Arch for desktop: way easier than other distros because contrary to popular belief, older 'stable' versions of software have way more bugs and downsides. And removing the clutter enables kiss so life is easier overal. Once every 6 months I check the arch page why my update doesn't work and then copy paste the solution. Other than that it's perfect. Requirement for this distribution: update at least once a week
Centos for servers: webservers/other services just work, even the older versions