There really isn't much to put up with/configure on Arch. Once you've done the install a couple of times, it'll take 20-30 minutes to go from live CD to graphic

There really isn't much to put up with/configure on Arch. Once you've done the install a couple of times, it'll take 20-30 minutes to go from live CD to graphical boot with hardware acceleration, provided internet is decent. If you use a bigger desktop environment, things should work just the same as on the bigger distributions. Arch really isn't that complicated, and the documentation is fantastic. I've been trying to switch to openSUSE (want one distribution everywhere), and I've had more trouble than in Arch, and not much trouble at that. Linux in general is pretty trouble-free these days if you have decent hardware. Most of the people who have trouble on Linux are trying to use some crappy laptop with really low quality WiFi or something. The nicer your hardware is, the better Linux will work on it. That being said, even crappy laptops seem to run Linux reasonably well these days.