I use arch at both work and home. It's not really that bad to configure and setup although I guess my usual setup isn't really "a normal user" in terms of 99% of PC users. If you are familiar with linux itself then it's straightforward to get running. I actually prefer it over the likes of ubuntu.
I'm a developer though that's been using Linux as my main OS since the days of red hat 4 in 1996 so I'm quite used to it. Arch focuses more towards seasoned users that want to do their configuration this way. The rolling release schedule can introduce some issues for me but they typically are fixed within hours to a few days as new packages come in.
All in all I'm very happy with it as my primary OS for both work (within a creative agency) and at home. Certainly as a developer I've found it far easier to get things to work on it than other linux flavours.
Different strokes for different folks really. I still continue to recommend Ubuntu and Fedora to friends looking a more friendly and "out of the box" experience. Arch is not there to fill that niche.
I wish there was a way to request permissions for a given time period, it seems it's all or nothing. I'm creating some apps at the minute and just need to checkin the once, I wish I could communicate that to the user but instead facebook insists that they authorize it 'for ever' (well, until they remember and go and remove it).
In my opinion that would make take up and "throwaway" usage of apps a bit easier to sell.
I'm a developer though that's been using Linux as my main OS since the days of red hat 4 in 1996 so I'm quite used to it. Arch focuses more towards seasoned users that want to do their configuration this way. The rolling release schedule can introduce some issues for me but they typically are fixed within hours to a few days as new packages come in.
All in all I'm very happy with it as my primary OS for both work (within a creative agency) and at home. Certainly as a developer I've found it far easier to get things to work on it than other linux flavours.
Different strokes for different folks really. I still continue to recommend Ubuntu and Fedora to friends looking a more friendly and "out of the box" experience. Arch is not there to fill that niche.