LLMs are pretty good about understanding the semantics of Linux utilities. If you get stuck with how to accmplish a task in particular, asking chatgpt isn't a bad place to start - I think of it as an improved rubber duck. (It's probably relying on training from the useful stack overflow articles so we should continue using that resource as well.)

Have some patience and it will be a rewarding experience.  Starting with Arch is certainly a choice!

endothermicdev

You're very welcome. Congrats on switching over! 

It's a long journey and I'm not sure it ever ends... but for me it's been totally worth it.

unboiled

This was great! Covered all my main points, or at least helped me figure out where I need to go from here! Thanks so much for taking the time!