Doesn't have to be Arch, as long as I can do the commands by hand instead of trusting whoever built the installer. I used Gentoo many years ago as well for the same reasons.
Distros like Arch simply make doing that very accessible when you are so intimately familiar with the process that an installer feels more like an obstacle than doing it yourself does.
Nothing against those that lack the experience, the familiarity, or simply find doing it that way takes too much of their energy.
In roughly 30 linux of Linux I've seen a lot more than partitioning go wrong in automated installers.
Exec 1: "How do we get away with wiping the board completely clean so we can do whatever we want? We can't afford writers." Exec 2: "Burn It"
Worf was great with O'Brien's kid. 🤷♂️
His relationship with Alexander was about what you would expect when you just find out you even had a kid and then your partner dies right in front of the two of you before you've had the slightest chance to bond, as well as the challenges of being an Autistic dad to a child with ADHD. 🤷♂️
2, T'Pol and O'Brien would have no difficulty keeping to themselves so it would be a quiet journey, at least if you were in a soundproof cabin with the two.
If this is open area seating you would be able to hear many of the other characters from anywhere you sit, even if you were depressurizing outside the ship, so there's simply no hope until you finish depressurizing at least.