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~~Arch will take several hours to setup~~. If you want plug and play then ~~avoid it.~~see comment replies - If you want to commit to it the wiki is quite easy to work through for the install process and post install troubleshooting help is top notch. Also always check the homepage before doing system updates.
Not true. Archinstall automates much of that, and it's easier to navigate than the Calamares installer. The process takes less than five minutes of interaction, the rest is just waiting for the packages to sync. Installing Arch manually using
arch_pacstrapis an option, but it's the worse option.Guess there's lots of options!
Or just grab Endeavour
That works too
If you follow the official guide, you can install base Arch in 20 minutes tops. Pulling the metapackage for a DE like KDE, Xfce or GNOME is just a single command after that, and at that point you've got a perfectly functional desktop. Everything after that is customization. It does not take "several hours" to set up.
I'm speaking for someone with only basic experience with Linux and consider troubleshooting and day 1 customization as part of install.
Since all the distros OP has experience with are graphical install i stand by my statement.
You are entirely correct for the case of a highly experienced Linux power user.