Yeah I looked it up, there seemed to be some hubbub regarding their divergence. But I'm not invested enough to care much

Is neovim separate from vim development?

You joke but one time after a fresh install I genuinely forgot to update (the linux header files or something) and some of the device drivers weren't working

Time is relative in hell

Ok but why my graphics driver act up?

Watch out, using the door requires you to be in wheel group

Not much. There used to be this fear of Microsoft copyrighting Mono for reimplementing their stuff on Linux. For that reason, Mono was avoided by linux app developers. But since MS had acquired the company that made and developed Mono and they have also open-sourced .NET and everything, this does not mean much.

But to its credit its alphabetical

More importantly it helps people radicalised by Stallman to play games on their GNU/linux machines (kidding)

In what way?

Warms the heart and stir the soul. Thank you, greedy CEO #2352351

Arch Linux is a good choice. You can do most of everything you mention, only downside is you will have to set it up yourself. Provided you read the Arch Wiki, it should not be a difficult task.