On: Why I Fell in Love with Arch Linux (2015)

[kristerv]

For beginners https://antergos.com/ is a clean version of Arch just with a simple installer. So you get all the benefits of Arch with no bloat (like Manjaro) and don't have to learn installing the OS manually.

[trevordixon → kristerv]

I may try that next time. I'm a beginner and used https://arch-anywhere.org/ to install. It was as easy for me as installing Ubuntu.

[phren0logy → kristerv]

I use, and have been very happy with, antergos. From install to a pleasantly configured GUI is very simple, and from there it's basically just another Arch machine with nice defaults.

[andrewflnr → kristerv]

What kind of bloat does Manjaro have?