Hey @kepford! Thanks for you contribution!

A few recommendations:

You should try Debian as your daily driver as well. I'm pretty sure you're going to love it. It's so simple and rock solid stable.

Maybe you've already read it but, in case not, you could take a look at the official Debian Handbook. It's an excellent read.

As you can see I'm a huge Debian fan, hahah.

About tiling window managers, try sticking with i3 for a week or two. I promise you'll be proficient enough and probably won't even try to get back using DEs anymore.