So is anyone using Arch Linux and can you convince me why I should even bother?

I decided to try with Arch and it's...painful.  I know they want to be "Linux
from the ground up" but even basic things like setting up your network and
basic stuff is painful.  Needlessly painful.

I am a fan of FreeBSD and I feel like they are trying to do what FreeBSD
does...only wrong.  Painful.   FreeBSD can get you going from the ground up
with minimal effort and pain.  The FreeBSD guide is great.  The Arch Wiki?  Not
so good.  Bootstrapping Linux is not "fun" and the worst parts should be
automated with a simple script.  Getting all the way through, rebooting and
finding there is no networking..that's bullshit.  Networking should be part of
the base install full stop.  It's 2020 after all.

Convince me otherwise.  Like Gentoo, I've gotten part way through this and
realized "why the fuck am I doing this?"
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