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I’ve played around with Ubuntu touch from ubports foundation on an old pixel 3a. It works ok as a basic daily driver. Depending on the phone model there’s support for waydroid which helps with using android apps.
I have an old Galaxy that I rooted recently for shits and giggles and couldn't find much to do with it. I didn't think of installing a Linux distro on it. Didn't even know it was possible.
There’s a few projects out there to get Linux onto phones & make it a reasonable user experience. It will probably always be a very niche segment. Postmarket OS looks promising too but I haven’t been able to try it as my old pixel isn’t supported. Depending on your galaxy model it might be supported.
Fairphone is another one to watch. They make phones & you can pick the OS when ordering