You can use the Google Play app store if you want; or you can use alternate app stores like F-Droid, Aptiode, Accressent, or probably some other thing I’ve never heard of.

Start moving to LineageOS or GrapheneOS now. Plan your next phone purchase on a model supporting one of these. eBay a used phone if you have to. Get out.

From an end user perspective, there’s nothing to learn.

I installed Bazzite on my gaming pc this weekend. It runs Cyberpunk 2077 just fine.

This immutable Fedora + Gnome 49 is a bit weird coming from Xubuntu; seems to work though.