I’ve only seen this on a system I hadn’t changed the wallpaper on. But agreed the stock ones suck

Mostly BC its low effort. The most intimidating thing about arch for me was the troubleshooting when things go wrong. I’m cool with that in general operation but not during the installation process. Endeavor makes it painless while still being a minimalistic install

EndeavorOS if you want to have an easy time. Also be comfortable reading documentation.