BlackArch developer here. I feel in the need to clarify some things:
BlackArch as name says is based on Arch Linux which is not very beginner friendly OS. It will probably take you some time to install and configure it if you haven’t had a contact with Arch Linux before. It’s definitely not a ready to go system.
That’s a totally false argument, BlackArch is a ready-to-go system. If you feel afraid of command line and CLI installation, you can use the Slim ISO which contains a very neat desktop environment and only the top hacking tools that you’re mostly going to use.
NOT BLACKARCH blackarch has loads of useless tools that are outdated and takes up lots of space and time
It’s a nonsense argument, BlackArch is well-known for being more up to date than Kali and Parrot (we were the first rolling distribution for hacking) so that it’s “outdated” is a lie. Packages are updated daily in automated jobs mostly. Regarding the number of tools and space, they are in the repo, you can install them or not, we didn’t force you to install anything, that affirmation comes here just because you never understand how repositories work, just imagine if someone installs all the Debian or Ubuntu packages and comes here with the same nonsense argument.
I like Black Arch but I don’t see the point in over 2000 preinstalled tools, whereas you can have a much lighter Kali box.
Again the same argument mentioned previously, you are able to install them all or not. In fact, the BlackArch latest base image that is in our Docker repositories (hub .docker.com/r/blackarchlinux/blackarch/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated)* is just 128 MB in size.
Finally, my thoughts are: try all of them and see, you don’t lose anything by trying a couple of distros. Plus, hacking distros aren’t really to use in real hardware but in containers (with GUI access to the host if required) or virtual machines.
*The docker hub repo was written that way because as I’m a new user I can’t post more than two links.