About to receive my first payment (salary, kinda). I was planning to receive it as BTC.

I don't have a wallet yet, tho. I was reading up on bitcoin.org, and they suggested me the electrum wallet (for Linux). What are your thoughts on it? Also, it'd be great if you could link me to some of your favorite wallets and guides for starting up. I have done some research on my own as well, but I want to learn more about BTC.