The below website provides the answer to your question: https://redirect.invidious.io/

You should be able to subscribe to Lemmy communities via Mastodon

https://fedilab.app/

I started using Garuda because of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ZSLNbgF14&t=407

I’ve had the opposite experience, largely issue free with both KDE and anytime i update the system. Based on what I’ve read about Arch based distros, I’m glad I tried it for myself because a lot of the FUD I read online did not seem to apply to my experience.