Tundra

Fairphone + DivestOS

On the "meta" user profile yes, blocking trackers is more important than hiding my IP for that user profile

Plain ol Debian

I use GrapheneOS, I run Instagram in a seperate user profile within its own storage scope alongside an app called "Tracker Control" and block most trackers that way.

https://trackercontrol.org/

for what its worth, I have a hybrid setup and use; https://github.com/bayasdev/envycontrol

So this sent me down a rabbithole.

I can't answer about exporting data but having just done some research the 2 best options I have found for a privacy focused solution (open source) are either:

Bangle JS https://banglejs.com/

PineTime https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/

For me the bangle seems superior - I'm tempted to get one!

Has to be organic maps.

I was a big supporter of OSM+ but its just too buggy to be reliable - My last trip it constantly said "keep left" when driving ( a topography bug apparently) And it has got the wrong route too many times.

Unfortunately organic maps relies on your phones TTS for voice navigation - and I can't seem to get that working with grapheneOS (even third party TTS)

Pinta is a paint .net clone:

https://www.pinta-project.com/

https://syphon.org/ is worth a look, its still in alpha but is very promising

Debian 12 is my first step into the Debian world. Is it just a matter of sudo apt update/upgrade to receive the release or are there extra steps?

Encryption

I loved Joplin until I realised that your data is stored (locally) unencrypted.

I moved to https://crypt.ee