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Just about everything, really. I'm not a Linux wizard or anything, just to preface.
I like the amount of control it lets me have over everything while also not allowing me to "accidentally" the whole everything. I like that it's fast and not resource intensive. Love that I can run it on my crunchy old netbook, and yet also my gaming desktop. Also like that it's Xfce which I'm fond of.
I guess most of that can also apply to many other distros, too. To summarize, suppose I just prefer it.