Lineage-23.0-20251117-NIGHTLY-pro1x with November 1st security patch installed smoothly via OTA. MindTheGapps16, and root was maintained.
Lol. Maybe I should just have one post and keep adding to the list, 😉
For me the answer where mechanic, a case.
I originally experimented with a classic protective case covering the bottom part, and that solved the fingerprint problems as you do not accidentally touch through a cut-out in the frame.
I shortly after switched to a flip case opening like a Japanese book.
We got an extremely long thread on cases where I posted multiple images years back.
Also made a post on by own blog here. The links to where I bought the many different base-models are most likely all long dead though.