Me too. Gentoo wasn’t that bad either, but compiling updates was a pain.
Arch is just Linux that doesn’t hold your hand, but doesn’t get in your way either (I’m looking at you Ubuntu)
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In Ubuntu's defense, it was my first working box (around 2005, I guess). At that time, I tried everything I could (even YellowDog), but none worked. After getting my first Linux running, in a few weeks I switched to Debian. Maaany years ago. So yes, Ubuntu helped me a lot, but it's not cool anymore.