Rayzer

Nah. My local electric company offers fiber.

1Gbps symmetrical fiber with no data cap. $75

I wish more areas had this.

Definitely not for everyone. I did it for a little over a year. I could never get adjusted to it. Makes me appreciate my day job more.

Get use to navigating the file system. Know where you are, where you want to go and how to get there. After that, start following guides on installing things manually just for fun. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve installed Arch Linux in a VM from scratch for fun. Lol. The Arch Wiki is your friend and can be used even if you stop using arch for certain things.