@idanoo
Yeah, one reason I stayed away from the arch ecosystem in general for so long was because I had heard it was less of a "it just works" experience, and more of a "you have to work to make it run".
If and when I end up trying Arch, I'll definitely try everything in a virtual machine before I dare install it as my main OS.
@alyx
I do feel like it has come along way in the last year or two in terms of stability and non-breaking updates. Good luck!