Jump in on the deep end. Install Arch, a tiling wm of some sort, and make it yours. Soon enough you realise this isn't the deep end anymore. You get a lot for f

Jump in on the deep end. Install Arch, a tiling wm of some sort, and make it yours. Soon enough you realise this isn't the deep end anymore. You get a lot for free by just using linux every day and dealing with whatever problems might pop up. Keep the terminal open, if it can be done in a terminal it may turn out you prefer it when you get used to it. Torrents, IRC, playing music, email, file explorer, whatever makes you stay in there. It makes you comfortable navigating the system and you get to see what a GUI hides from you. Programming? You're not gonna benefit from diving into any deep ends there, continue with JS if that's what you like. Learn databases and web servers, here your new linux skills comes in use. Try some stuff and see what you like.