Francis Gerund, we forgot to mention that some users prefer configuration files that aren't human readable over classic human readable KISS configuration files, this might be important for you too, when you chose your desktop environment. Seemingly not all Arch Linux users consequently prefer the KISS principle, instead they prefer desktop environments with opaque configuration files. I don't know the advantage of opaque configuration files, I prefer the human readable files, but seemingly opaque configuration files have got an advantage.
