Any advantages of Artix over Arch? I always see people always say it's arch with a different init system, but all I see in terms of practical benefit is supposedly faster bootup times (yet for some reason my configured NixOS (systemd) was booting faster than Alpine?) If the only advantages are supposedly faster startup times (which I couldn't replicate) and adhering to the unix philosophy of doing one thing and doing it well, as well as minimalism, then let me tell you, somethung far cooler would have been replacing everything possible with systemd.

The default layout is what feels comfortable to me and I chose starfish because I used to use starship with zsh, so I went with something I was familiar with and didn't think too much about it.

I didn't even know about tide until now but after a quick look I can't find any groundbreaking differences in the layouts compared to starfish.

I can Chime in. I use starship so all my shells are the same, and because it's fash as a greased weasel. Rust has advantages.

That said, I tide looks interesting as it's a native prompt.