I'm in the NixOS camp, and while there have been a few fiddly bits the community support has been excellent. It and Arch have a following among more skilled users so I imagine that factors in.
s/skilled/willing if not happy to fart around in their os config rather than doing actual work/
That's all fine but if I've learned anything in 20 years of using Linux it's to stick to the beaten path. It's rarely worth deviating (to me). There be dragons
It's fun to mess around but we should manage expectations. It likely won't be trouble free.