Dang! Yeah, I looked at getting an Ampere proc and the price just for the proc was like 5K. Um, hang on while I shit out 5K. 🫠😆
housepanther
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If you want to divorce yourself from Ubuntu (and I think that's a good idea myself) you can always run Linux Mint Debian Edition. Since you're so new to Linux, I would stick with Linux Mint as your daily driver and take the time to really learn the command line, shell scripting, process control, and everything Unix-like. Get good with tools like awk, sed, grep, find, and learn about regex. Distro hopping won't help to really learn the ins and outs.
Also take time to learn tools like iptables/nftables, ip route, IP forwarding. There's so much you can learn without distro hopping. Once you become well versed in all things command line, then you can start searching for use case specific distro. I use Arch myself but it's not for the beginning user.
I mean I was hoping that I could build a desktop PC like, say, you would with an AMD or Intel processor but with an ARM64 instead. I probably should have specified that. Sorry.
I happen to like Alma the best out of all of them.
Check out RustDesk.
Check out ZeroTier or Tailscale. Either one of these options would be your best bet.
That is quite possibly the very best action you can take right now. I am being in earnest when I say I truly wish you the best.
First let me say how deeply I feel for you and feel this. We exist in a world that is not meant for us and I wish I had some words of wisdom for you but I do not. Instead know that you're not alone. I know I struggle mightily from executive dysfunction and never made the transition from childhood to adulthood very well or smoothly. I do not have children of my own so I won't be able to relate to you on that front but I can strongly relate to the difficulty of establishing routines. My employment history is a mess and so is, for the most part, my whole life. Yet somehow I can muddle through.
If you only take one thing away from my comment, please know that you're not a monster and that you are likely misunderstood by ignorant people. If I could ask, beg, or plead with you to do one thing it would be: If you are able to, please seek out some mental health therapy. Untreated depression can exacerbate sensory issues and issues with organization and routine. Depression is more than just mood impairment but it is cognitive impairment as well. I am 46 and I was diagnosed three year years after you. Simply being diagnosed rocked to me very core. While it confirmed my suspicions, I wasn't prepared to fully deal with it and face it. It ended my relationship with my fiancee.
If I am to be honest I haven't played with KDE in a little over 15 years. Maybe I should try it again for the first time?
I'm not a violent person but if our society becomes an analog to Talibani Afghanistan, I won't go down without a fight. Better to die fighting than die in a Christian re-education camp.
There used to be an awesome vi tutorial page at the University of Hawaii but it's no longer there. You might find it archived on the internet archive way back though.