Ive just started using both Arch and EndeavourOS as my daily drivers, but will let you know if I run into any snags.

obviously this will be different for newbies as im about 17 years into my journey and taken some free sysAdmin courses and setup my own headless CLI media servers at home.

I love the concept behind system76 but they are so damn overpriced and bulky.

Love older MacBook Air for portability and ThinkPads for a happy medium of that and Freedom.