My pixel 4a was affected by that update. I ended up buying a new phone. I don’t even want to install something like Graphene os. So many privacy-based limitations I don’t really need. And I have no desire to try Lineage OS. All I wanted is to have a functional phone. I can’t trust google long-term hardware reliability. They don’t even gave an explanation. I don’t think that I will consider any Google hardware in nearest future.
Make sure your hardware is compatible. Otherwise you have to deal with kernel upgrades to get latest drivers, which is advanced linux stuff. My gpu (B580) is compatible with 6.12 and newer kernel. And I wasn’t able to install newer kernel on linux Mint 22. Ended up installing Windows. And… It’s not that bad. I haven’t seen it for a while. Everything works better in my case. And you can uninstall all you don’t need including edge. But I will go back when kernel I need will be shipped with distro.
Maybe better client and more features. But Russians have full access to servers and messages. They could read whatever they want. It’s a fact that proved during war that Russia started in Ukraine.
Installed Fedora Linux 42 on my gaming PC with Intel Arc B580. Completed Steam Servey. Selling B580 due to miserable driver support and moving PC from a gaming to home server(TrueNAS). Still have my Steam Deck which I won’t sell.