As an American, this is mostly a nonstarter, but right now, the only alternative that really intrigues me is the Jolla Phone (which I invariably have to look up to make sure I'm not getting it mixed up with Volla), because it's the only one that isn't just running a custom Android ROM. We need a true, viable alternative to Android and iOS and, to me, a de-googled ROM is only a half measure. Furthermore, the alternative needs to be free and open source, and community-driven.

Makes me wish I'd gone into software development 25 years ago because now I can only wish I could be the change I want to see in the world.

When I moved my kid's desktop away from Windows I chose pop!_OS because I figured it would not only be good for newcomers, but it would also be friendlier with nvidia, which it was but I didn't want to risk it with the Cosmic beta. I think I'll still wait a bit before upgrading from 22.10 but it's almost time to move forward.