ProtonBadger
There are other distros with the same points, they're not unique, save for the wiki. A lot of users of other distros refer to the Arch wiki. The AUR is much celebrated but I personally found it annoying having to carefully vet every package and having moved to another distro I don't miss it.
I think the main reason to choose Arch is it's for tinkerers/hobbyists. Its community is very enthusiastic which is always nice, though many can become a bit obnoxious on forums.
I don't use Arch at all but isn't EOS using Calamares? You click a few times, selecting language, timezone and click install, then go make a coffee while it installs. Difficult to be way faster than that. You can save maybe 30sec by not having any options.
I remember those days. On disk 22: Bzzz-bzzz Bzzz-bzzz Bzzz-bzzz Bzzz-bzzz Bzzz-bzzz Bzzz-bzzz CRC-ERROR
I can still hear it.
I've been using Haruna for a while instead of VLC because it works with Wayland. Menus can be hidden, lots of options: configurable hotkeys, VAAPI enabled, allow multiple instances, etc. It remembers position in last video when reopened, overall it's very nice.
I used dd-wrt for a few years, but I realized I didn't need it as my new router have the functionality I want. I also realized my router had much better throughput with the stock firmware.
A year-ish, Plasma, Intel iGPU for Desktop and Nvidia offload for Steam. It's great.
Yeah, hybrid graphics is a blessing. I have an Intel iGPU for Wayland/VA-API and Nvidia offload for Steam and it's great.
Good for you.
reinstall
Recommendation is simply to create a new user account.
I use stuff like Rustup, in a Distrobox dedicated to the work area.