It all depends on what you want to do and what you are comfortable with. I prefer Kedit over Gedit, not that there is a lot of difference. So I run whichever distro I happen to need with Gnome and a bunch of KDE apps and utilities. Mix and mash until it's comfortable like an old boot to me. ;)
The important thing is that you found what works for you.
/johnny
And that phrase, right there, is the strength of Linux. While some say that the enormous diversity of Linux offerings is its weak point, I say that it is its biggest strength. Linux adapts to the user--not the other way around.
Unfortunately, most people see that and immediately have confidence issues, being "forced" to choose something proactively, rather than accepting something reactively.
Linux's struggle isn't trying to break into a market, it's trying to create a market. A market where the user can lead the equipment, rather than be led.
These days, it is pretty tough.