Fedora with AUR would be ideal for me. I've had too many random issues running Ubuntu and ubuntu-based OSs and while I like the simplicity of Debian, its too... little? for what I'm looking for. Arch and arch-based works great, but most are KDE and I would need to make a lot of changes out of the box before I can start using it (the default pdf viewer for KDE is nicer that Evince (the pdf viewer packaged with most gnome DEs) but I can't print off some pages in e-books whereas Evince allows that)
What do you mean "most are KDE"? Arch doesn't even include a DE when you install it. If you don't install one during install, then you're greeted by a terminal when you reboot. I've been using Gnome on Arch for 2 years without issue.