There's some setup cost, for sure. But there need not be that much of an ongoing maintenance (for me, it's just pacman -Syu + restart of some services, perhaps

There's some setup cost, for sure. But there need not be that much of an ongoing maintenance (for me, it's just pacman -Syu + restart of some services, perhaps 10mins a month). You can also gain some interesting features and insight as a result.