Installing Arch Linux is a bit like building your own house. You have
to dig the foundation, erect the walls, build the roofs, run the
plumbing and electrical wiring around it ... and all the rest of it. In
other words,
installing Arch Linux is not at all like renting an apartment, just moving in, and letting the landlord take care of everything else.
Arch is the primary distro that runs on my main system. I do
use openSUSE, Ubuntu, and Kubuntu on it and switch between them from
time to time. But I spend the majority of my PC time on the Arch system
because I find it to be an excellent distribution for advanced, and new,
Linux users. In a nutshell, I am hooked on it. And there are reasons
for it.
The bigger question is, why did I choose Arch Linux over others and what does it have to offer that others don't.
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