I've been inspired to jump ship from Windows

I'm a computer science student and have recently been enamored by the posts on this subreddit. I mentioned the CS part because I want to use my degree to enhance and fully personalize my laptop. Can anyone point me in a direction to get started and avoid getting bogged down by all the options? I think I'm set on Arch, but other than that have no other info outside of hearing of things like Hyprland. Not sure if this is the right subreddit but thanks anyways!