It is a great experience to setup arch. It is relatively straightforward and easy to maintain. The only reason I eventually switched away from arch was because

It is a great experience to setup arch. It is relatively straightforward and easy to maintain. The only reason I eventually switched away from arch was because of the lack of signed packages, which was a big issue to a security-paranoid person like me. If you're just going to run chrome, go with a lightweight WM such as dwm.