I'm an Ubuntu user (though if I keep having to use Unity I don't know for how much longer). Where would Ubuntu be (except the vast Unity mistake crap bs which has nothing to do with Debian), Ubuntu (except for Unity) rocks! That means Debian must also rock, happy birthday Debian!
I won't try to convince you not to switch to Debian, but you don't actually need to use Unity on Ubuntu. At work we use Ubuntu, so I just installed a different WM (Awesome, in my case) and logged out and back in.
I tried Gnome Shell. For me Gnome classic is better but since I keep encountering Ubuntu systems that use Unity, I feel like I should keep trying to like it.
