Least qualified user asking for advice

[KABA]

No, but I'd suggest Mobian or Manjaro phosh.  These two are most likely to just work. Usability wise, Ubuntu Touch. But, it's not ready yet.

Initially I suspected Ubuntu would be my go to until I read over the notes yesterday, my phone is not here yet but wanted to get an idea where I was going, Manjaro had caught my eye as a contender,

A bigger concern after reading the forum is now a provider, I currently use Tracphone minutes and was planning to switch to Cricket as my wife has that, didn't expect they'd be ugly about it, hope I can make one of the two work as I'm not into phone contracts

Thanks for your reply

Robert