Arch isn't too difficult, but I've been using it since ~2005 or so. Something that is hard to quantify - arch uses vanilla software, almost entirely. Very very

Arch isn't too difficult, but I've been using it since ~2005 or so. Something that is hard to quantify - arch uses vanilla software, almost entirely. Very very few patches/configurations are deployed. This means you're actually learning about the upstream software, not the distro. What you learn on Arch, generally applies to other distros as you know something about the upstream software. I don't know a thing about debian, but I can generally figure things out.