I started with Debian as well for my first server while I still had Windows as my desktop. Once I finally got around to ditching Windows, I was comfortable enough with a headless Debian server so figured I’d just stick with it for my desktop.
Definitely had some learning curves there. There’s a lot more tinkering to do to get things working




Some packaged mixes will specify water or milk. Milk of course makes a better product, but water will work as well