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Yes, you can install on one machine, move the drive to a different machine, and it should mostly just work (unless they are different architectures and the packages aren’t compatible). I’ve recently moved an old Arch install into a basically new computer and after changing the microcode it just works fine.
There is a Nova launcher beta: https://novalauncher.com/beta