The upgrade issue is exactly why I don’t like Debian-based distros for my desktop

I love Neovim, but it lacks live HTML preview that the OP specifically requested

.NET is just a runtime, not problematic at all, and definitely doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with ads, spyware, and AI.

Brave has a built-in ad blocker based on uBlock. There are lots of reasons people don’t recommend Brave, but the lack of an ad blocker isn’t one of them.