Re: [orca-list] GNOME 3.6 with gnome-shell: I'm impressed so far

[Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com>]

With Arch, the only thing you really have to do from scratch, meaning it 
has only a command line interface and no menu-driven or graphical 
system, is the base installation. During this base installation, you can 
very easily add xorg, gnome and gnome-extra to the package groups to be 
installed, and you would end up with a fully functional GNOME-based Arch 
install once you have added your first user account, which is a single 
command that can be done from within the chroot. Once the base system is 
installed, Arch works much like Fedora or Ubuntu, where you just install 
the packages or package groups you want, and the system does the rest. 
You can even install packagekit-gnome to get a graphical package manager 
similar in some ways to Synaptic.

So yes, the answer to your question is that the Arch installation 
process is not for the faint of heart, but once the system is installed, 
it runs like a dream, and is surprisingly stable for a rolling release 
model. If you would like to know more, or would like to get help with an 
installation, feel free to either contact me off list or join the 
Accessible Freedom support list at
http://gator1140.hostgator.com/mailman/listinfo/support_accessiblefreedom.org
as this topic is somewhat beyond the scope of the Orca list.
~Kyle
http://kyle.tk