Documentation Fears Not the Reaper
If I don’t write this down, it will all be for nothing (it was, in fact, for nothing, but that is not of issue):
I just got Arch Linux running (Slackware variant with a non-compilation Gentoo spirit) on my Toshiba laptop, since I decided to re-image Windows eventually (made some mistakes last time). I actually managed to get Beryl (flashy, Vista-like GUI enhancements) running on it, with several one-liner, ad hoc X hacks like little config options to tweak the NVIDIA proprietary driver. It was a total mess, but I succeeded. My windows were wobbly for about 30 minutes, and now I’m dropping Debian on for real work.
It’s a joy to have a hobby weekend, but, man, that was a heck of a lot of work for nothing!