Maiq

This is awesome!

For me it’s convenience, i try to not have a bunch of aur packages. Some big packages can take a good while to compile.

Chaotic is also trying to combat threats by reviewing packages from maintainers that are not in their trust database. While not absolutely perfect at least they are trying to do something.

The aur is a use at your own rick batch of packages. Last year there were some malicious packages running wild. AUR expects the user to do their own due diligence and do you really have time to read every bit of code you are about to install for every update in all the possible languages they could be written in? This is why I try to limit my dependence on the aur if possible chaotic or otherwise.

Look into the Chaotic AUR. It offers pre compiled AUR programs. Almost every app I really need has been there. If it’s not in there and I really need it and will get used often I’ll get it from the AUR.

I dont really like flatpaks much. I’ll use it if it’s easy and I dont plan on using the app much. Apps like Bottles. They are nice to have but rarely do I use it.

You can use cpupower to enter different states of power limits. The link is to the arch wiki but I’d bet it’s in your package manager for you to install.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CPU_frequency_scaling

Not sure about the second question.

One of my favorite things about linux is the freedom to choose. There is not a perfect one size fits all starterpack. Everyone has different needs and expectations which is why the starter distro questions have so many different answers. Those answers aren’t wrong as they meet the needs from the presenters point of view.

Debain is a great choice. Nothing wrong with debain. I use it for my media server.

Welcome to your linux journey.