If you ever get bored with how far Linux has come these days, there is a solution: BSD. That shit catapults you easily back by 25 years.

So if Arch isn't shitty enough for your desire as late born and you really want to know what a piece of crap Linux was in the late 90s, have a look at BSD.

I mean... stuff like FreeBSD boots you into a terminal. The much-hailed (in BSD-land) GhostBSD boots you into a desktop. A fucking bare-bone MATE desktop. That's already the biggest achievement in BSD-land after like 20 years of scratching their balls.

Guess I'm spoiled by Mint.

Considering that BSD, in particular FreeBSD is usually used in server space, the fact that it comes barebones seems pretty ok to me. Arch I have no idea it would be that way except for forcing users to learn how to read a manual, and the inner workings of setting up user accounts, partitions, setting up a proper desktop environment etc. The same thing can be said about the manual in BSD.

I don't mind them, but now a days I usually go for something that I already know I can work with out the box such as Mint or Ubuntu. Ain't trying to spend too much time setting up a full environment.