but I don’t think immutable distro are a good place to start.
FWIW, the first distro I used and subsequently daily-drove^[1]^ was Fedora Silverblue over two years ago. The try-hard in me immediately started off (or at least tried) applying the hardening outlined in Madaidan’s article. After banging my head for a week, I started actually using the system and it has been a very smooth ride ever since. The uBlue images are straight up better when it comes to the OOTB-experience without even mentioning the associated ‘managed’^[2]^ aspect that comes with it. Therefore, I believe that they’re perfectly suitable. They’re not for everyone, but no distro is anyways.
I forgot to mention how simultaneously I quit Windows cold turkey as well.
The uBlue images are able to ‘prevent’ breakages that would otherwise affect everyone.