Any recos for a starting kit (budget: ~500), HF/VLF/UHF, looking forward to eventually get my permit and transmit ad well? Linux-only desktop user

Based on readings so far RTL SDR kits with ham it up do not seem to fare anywhere as well as anyspy or sdr play. Wondering between these two which is the better iption and why, and is there a more modern alternative?

In the future I would also like to experiment on higher bands (Bluetooth/wifi/lte/5g), for that perhaps RTL could be an option?