Are you talking about the archinstall script? That thing is a clunky disservice to new Arch users. I much prefer a well constructed ISO with a Calamares installer.
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Itās good to have a little paranoia, but whatās your concern? Arch packages will always be Arch packages. Arco has promised transitional efforts to get current users to Arch and chaotic-aur. Canāt wait to see these videos.
Edit: there are 23 other Arch based distros, per distrowatch. Probably several more that are incubating.
I use a Mac at work and want to toss it.
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lol.
but whatās your concern? Powerdevil v 6.2 and above on my specific hardware ā on cachyos and endeavouros using KDE Plasma.
And you wrote an archinstall distro. I take your word and trust your expertise.
I used that for my last install, it worked fine. However I wanted to do a fresh install the other day because I got a new ssd drive and I wanted to customize the size of /boot which wasnāt possible with the archinstall script. So I ended up just installing it the official way, as it seems you arenāt given much choice with the archinstall script if you want to deviate from it when it comes to certain choices.
Why would Archman fall? It is sad to see diversity and choice being lost in the Linux Distro universe.
EOS supports KDE pretty well. 
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But the arch installer is still not able to handle the EFI partition in boot/efi, is it? Only /boot.
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stil got a lot legacy and tutorialsā¦stil useable.
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Why is it that they have it set up that way?
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I have no ideaā¦ the open issue has been open for a long time and they donāt seem to be able to find a way to solve itā¦
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In Archwiki, there is no longer recommended, or it is discouraged as the wording go, to mount ESP on /boot/efi. There are some links as to why but I havenāt explored. There are only mentions of /boot and /efi as typical mountpoints for ESP.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/EFI_system_partition#Typical_mount_points
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMQ_-77JRM | Playlist
Oh! itās mentioned in that linkā¦didnāt notice 
it as my ublock is setup to block all 3rd-party-frames
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Itās the same for me 
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But at least, the choice should be given. Especially because other distributions still default to that. If an installer is not able to give you such a choice, especially because that directory already exists, then it has a severe design and implementation problem 
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You have a choice, by using the official installation guide 
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Or just use EOS!
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Of course! 
In fact, I chose not to use the installer, and I have crafted my own script to install Arch (https://www.lorenzobettini.it/2023/05/my-script-for-automated-arch-linux-installation/ sources on GitHub https://github.com/LorenzoBettini/my-archlinux-install-script). In the rare occasions when I want to install Archā¦ needless to say, for most of the time I install EOS
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That is an opinion that can be subject to discussion. I am not into the line of thinking that because I have an opinion about something, then others should think the same.
This is not a compelling argument. Just because distribusions A - W choose some default, the X, Y and Z also have to do that.
Already? Where?
Have a look at the installation guide in Archwiki. Nothing exists Ć priori.
Do a pacstrap -K /mnt/ base
arch-chroo /mnt and have a look around.
You will only get /boot directory. No /boot/efi in sight.
If you want to mount your ESP at /boot/efi you need to mkdir it first. That goes for /efi as well if someone wants to mount ESP there.
I can understand that you think so because you also think that since all the other distributions does this by default, then something must be seriously missing here.
Cool script but it doesnāt give much choice either 
Do you reinstall that often that you need a script Jokes a side. Iāve always gotten the impression that the official Arch installation is still the recommended method for people to install Arch so that you learn and understand how your system is setup and that the archinstall script is more aimed at people who already have done that more than a few times.