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I've used a lot of distributions over the years, and I don't think you have to worry about a different set of commands across most distributions. It's some variation of
distropkgmgrfollowed by command, where command, where command is generally one ofinstallupgraderefresh/updateremovesearchto name the most common. If you use a software frontend likegnome-softwareordiscover, you don't even need to worry about command line differences.The only exception to that is
nixos, which I wouldn't recommend to someone just switching. It is very cool, just needs more experience.The shell commands are the same one installed for the most part.
Out of curiosity, are you planning to use a different os when your ssd arrives? I switched from Ubuntu to endeavouros (Arch) to Opensuse tumbleweed on my primary laptop (i9 processor), no complaints 😁!
I'll keep the desktop with ubuntu and kde plasma and I've installed openSuse tumbleweed on the laptop. The ssd made a huge difference. I've made it dual boot with win7, which I've reinstalled on the laptop and they're both blazing fast. It's a steep learning curve, but I like the freedom of Linux versus the big brother approach of Windows.