> When individuals speak of doing “big fist pumps” after their Arch installs successfully boot<p>After <a href="http://linuxfromscratch.org/" rel="nofollow">http://linuxfromscratch.org/</a> and <a href="https://gentoo.org/" rel="nofollow">https://gentoo.org/</a>, Arch seems a relatively smooth project.<p>> This was my journey to my first install. It was an encrypted one.<p>OK, this might be on the gnarly side.<p>Arch is that fellow in the neighborhood who doesn't say much, seems generally squared away, and is great to know when the fertilizer hits the air circulator.<p>Thanks, Arch!