What do you mean by "advanced"?
I've been using Linux on-and-off since before kernel version 1.0, and I use a distro (Pop!_OS) with a reputation for being newbie-friendly and just working out-of-the-box.
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Advanced like arch where you have to configure everything from scratch.
Ah. By "advanced" you mean "stone knives and bearskins". Got it.
When I say "advanced" I mean more like "taking advantage of lots of good work that others have already done."
... "and actually get something useful (advanced or not) done with Linux instead of wasting time tweaking animated windows transitions and bragging about how many distros you hopped last week"
What's the purpose? Which application do you have running on Linux that you think you need to compile everything, configure everything, and that will only run on an "advanced" distro?
Is it some high specialized clustered distributed high performance, high availability computing application where you need your own kernel tweaks in?
Or are you just a distro hopper, tinkering just for the sake of it and for imaginary bragging rights? If it's for learning, try to establish a specific real goal and learn how to reach it.
Similar to arch in what way? What about arch don't you like, you can look at other arch-based distros.
Most distributions have binary package managers anyways, so you won't struggle to find some.