Rolling releases, great docs, great amount of software available with the package manager, especially with the AUR.

I went through the manual installation a few times and while the general process is annoying and error-prone, after setting up the basics many things worked great out of the box, even the printer I once had. I’m on Endeavour now which mostly does exactly what I want.

The update was also posted in the original thread

Don’t worry, it’s not boat life. I barely ever touch the system and am just using my programs. Settling might take a while, especially if everything is new I guess