ps. I've generally just jotted all my thoughts down, most of it is probably irrelevant to the original question.
Wow all hail to thee Adam
I think you've said just about everything I was thinking only more eloquently.
P.S. Thanks for killing my thread ;-)
-- Regards
Dick Turpin
Arch Linux is an independent i686-optimized community distribution for intermediate and advanced Linux users. Utilising a Rolling Release System packages are regularly updated and an ISO release is just a snapshot to the stable packages at that time. So there's no need for a fresh install the command 'pacman –Syu' upgrades the whole system.