Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 3rd Nov 2004 07:07 UTC
To paraphrase one of the best "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes, "Best of Both Worlds", both Arch Linux and Slackware represent the best of all the OS worlds: the power of traditional Unix, the elegance of BSD and the ease of mind of Mac OS X. This is an article outlining the differences between --what I believe-- are the two best Linux distros around today. Mind you though, "best" doesn't always mean "easy".
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As many readers here have commented, the main weakness with Arch Linux is the sometimes lack of proper QA for the packages. After having had a relatively trouble-free experience with FreeBSD for one and a half year, I decided to try out Arch about five weeks ago. I nearly gave up on it a couple of times because my system was foobared after a pacman -Syu. It's happened every couple of weeks. New users who aren't aware that current is essentially testing will get disgusted pretty fast. Fix QA, and Arch Linux would be one of the best distros around.