if you wanna give it a shot

https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge

Mamba's usage is essentially anaconda's but use mamba because it deals with dependencies way faster.

https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html

When you activate an environment you can either use the anaconda (conda install ...) repository or regular pip. Generally use the anaconda versions when you can because it solves the dependancies but both are fine.