Comment Re:I tried, did I miss something? (Score 0) 103
Configuring packages individually isn't actually as big a deal as it first seems. The defaults for most packages often do fine, and you tweak them to your liking if absolutely necessary. Thing is, I realise now I spend a lot of time tweaking things to my liking regardless of the OS - even if it's out-of-the-box and tweaking is supposedly unnecessary. Arch just allows you the extra freedom to tweak so much more, and you actually learn about the software as you do it. Bug reports - a backbone for these kinds of projects - benefit hugely from a userbase that is often capable of providing far more insight into an issue than your average Windows/Mac/Ubuntu user.
It took me a few months to get my first Arch installation perfect, with lots of looking stuff up in the wiki. The second time there were a few things that I couldn't remember, but it took around a week in all. Now, I can install it exactly as I like it in about 15 minutes. However, I can't speak for others but the time I spent learning the system pays off when things break - I can actually get them fixed. When things break in Ubuntu (for example) I can waste hours searching for people with the same issue and trying to work out at which layer the bug occurs (exactly the reason I stopped using Windows previously).