I was used to run Arch Linux, living on the bleeding edge and on the constant moving and packages churning that a rolling release distro provides.

For some months now, I am using Debian Stable on my desktops, and the experience is being very interesting. I don't use any apt pining, and just some packages from jessie-backports (eg: LibreOffice and Intel Video Driver), besides the official stable repos.

This distro is SOLID. My desktop runs very fine, and using a stable distribution means that it will keep running fine for months (years?), instead of that constant discomfort that a rolling release creates as your machine stability and usage potentially changes each day.

Of course, things start to stay a little old, but in the end of the day, it doesn't matter for the vast majority of packages. And you can always compile and install on /usr/local some applications that you need more recent versions.