Afaik it's not "Android things". Apple devices also use location to use some BT functions if I correctly recall.

Maybe give Pop_OS a try. It's Debian/Ubuntu based and works well. It's tiling extension makes gnome usable for me (and it's optional/off by default).

Nvidia is a breeze (included with the image iirc).

Also check https://github.com/junegunn/fzf and https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide

Two great utilities that will reduce the number of file jumping and searching you need to do. :)

More useful tools: https://zaiste.net/posts/shell-commands-rust/

Congrats!