For those who bemoan the lack of Photoshop on Linux, it's possible that a competitor to GIMP could fill that need… maybe.
If you want a stable Linux distribution with a unique take, Artix is one of the fastest and most reliable I've tested.
iotop works like top, but it watches your disk instead of your CPU.
Most Linux problems aren't complex. They're poorly observed. These are the exact commands that I run before troubleshooting ...