When comparing Archbang vs Zen Installer, the Slant community recommends Zen Installer for most people. In the question“What are the best Arch Linux based distributions?” Zen Installer is ranked 21st while Archbang is ranked 22nd. The most important reason people chose Zen Installer is:
Very nice and easy to use GUI installer.
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Pros
Pro The best features of Arch without the hassle
ArchBang is minimal but completely functional out of the box. It's still up to you to set up to your liking. You still get Arch's unmatched documentation, insanely vast number of packages (in AUR) and extreme customizability. And a small but friendly and approachable community.
Pro Rolling release
Being based on Arch, Archbang follows a rolling release schedule, ensuring that the software will always be on the bleeding edge.
Pro Lightweight
Archbang is a pretty lightweight distro. It uses Openbox as a Window Manager by default, without having the need to use a desktop environment which would only bloat the OS further.
Pro Nice GUI installer
Very nice and easy to use GUI installer.
Pro Good for Linux Newbies
Nice GUI not too much know how needed to use it, but is that not the whole idea behind Arch, to understand and visualize what is happening during an Arch Linux install.
Cons
Con Not great in Virtual
Not so great when trying to setup in a virtual environment, better to just follow the wiki on the Arch Linux site.
