Hello Horgeon,
1 - Yes a lot xD... Well not at 100%... for example I have a netbook with
Nvidia Optimus, and the support has been added to the 3.5 kernel (not
completely but it is still more supported then every other kernel), the 3.6
kernel will solve the acpi battery problem that uses more energy on Intel
than other OS. Then you have the mesa drivers (9.1 to be more specific) that
support OpenGL 3.1. And for the Software I can think about Netbeans, Eclipse
and even Gimp, software that I use a lot and that I need always the last
version to be at the same level as my friends workers to share projects
without corrupting them (for Netbeans and Eclipse mostly, Gimp is just
because I prefer the one-window option). This is my only problem xD If gcc is
outdated for example is a no-problem for me :D But this is something that
I've already complained in Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora etc..., that if they
propose Software (I am only talking about software and not about Kernel,
Drivers etc...), in the Repositories then they should update them a little
bit more :S... Because having the latest kernel but a Netbeans old from 3
years can be very bad zs. If trisquel could be more updated just in the most
used software that could be awesome, and I would help with all the time I
have and all the time that I don't have to make this a reality :D
2 - I prefer to have a single Hard Drive with GPT and 3 Partigions (Bios
Partition, Swap, Gnu/Linux), I really hate to see Grub asking me what OS to
use xD But it is really not a big problem, my biggest problem is to have 2
OS's knowing that I will only use 1 of the 2 (like know that I'm only using
Trisquel and haven't login-in to Arch Linux since Yesterday).
3 - I like pacman because it is easier to understand, and I don't have to
remember what to write in order to install or make a search, example :
apt-get install = pacman -S
apt-cache search = pacman -Ss
This is the same reason that I like yum :
apt-get install = pacman -S = yum install
apt-cache search = pacman -Ss = yum search
But that is just my Opinion :D