I've been trying out Arch Linux (http://www.archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org) for a few weeks now and am really happy with the results. I installed using

I've been trying out Arch Linux (http://www.archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org) for a few weeks now and am really happy with the results. I installed using ArchBang (http://archbang.org http://archbang.org) which I think for a first time install might be the best way to go. (I think I'm almost ready to try a from scratch Arch install) Now that it's installed and I'm used to the package manager (pacman - which I like better than apt-get / aptitude if that's possible) I find that it's been refreshingly easy on a day to day basis. And I feel like I have a great deal more confidence that I know what's actually going on as far as installed programs and configured behaviour.