Been a NixOS daily driver on Apple Silicon since I was laid off in similar unceremonious fashion. The Mac was my pitiful severance. Pitiful until NixOS. Now I would not live without it.
I'd be interested in hearing some of the same testimonials from the Fedora users. There seems to be more resources being put into Fedora support from both sides.
Sounds absolutely exhausting. Playing around with problems like that was entertaining in a way 20-30 years ago. I just want my computer to work nowadays.