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Worst when the newcomers chose Arch because they've heard is very configurable.
Then complain that Linux is hard.
I had a coworker once boasting about his blazing fast Arch desktop, had him going on about how it's the best operating system, how lightweight it was, etc.
He never once tried another distro and insisted he didn't choose Arch because of the meme. But he did recompile fastfetch to say 'I use arch btw'. The guy was a living breathing shitpost
I kinda have the reverse problem.
I started with arch and when I was making a beginner friendly linux laptop for my parents, I chose Mint and later switched to Zorin, and wanted to make everything as windows like as possible.
My problem that I felt like wrestling and constantly having to look what is in my system etc etc. Felt really frustrating and like I knew way less than I thought.
So IMO, distro hoppers are way more knowledgeable than many Arch users, merely from knowing how to wrestle with the system, where in contrast, all I do is install what I want and when I want to do something, I already know exactly and precisely what to look into.