Anatares
Fuck yeah you had some fun!
Yeah the wiki is THOROUGH, syep-by-step, and will get you set up in most cases. With some Linux/CLI experience it can be straightforward, just not while also learning bash. You do need to be the type who can RTFM so to say.
Not nearly as difficult as it used to be. (Which is why i used to use Kubuntu many years ago)
Arch-KDE Plasma and Win11(personal and work respectively) on my desktop. Win10/manjaro on laptop.
I don’t suggest arch as a first forray into Linux, requires basic CLI experience for setup and maintenance.
Different distros have different hardware comparability (esp older hardware) and different maintenance requirements. Arch requires an update, check on arch page for further requirements, and possible follow up, as well as updates to AUR packages which are git based. Other distros are often “click update in GUI and forget”. So for your main driver, maybe you’re happy to do the extra work. But maybe not on other devices with varying hardware.