Gnome and Pop!_OS, Windows, Fedora goes Deepin and Deepin goes all touchy, ChromeOS is getting Apt, DuckDuckGo finds Apple (Maps), Purism wants convergence. No parking on Wednesdays.
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Gnome and Pop!_OS. Top Icons Plus is a necessity, yet the developer quit (see the Warning). Gnome Online Accounts for seemless cloud integration. Gnome Tweaks enable customization. Gnome can be conceptually compared to macOS
The Focusrite Scarlett Solo audio interface doesn't play nice with Linux, so Conor has to use Windows 10 to record on. Skip signing into MS Account. A lot of junk litters the start menu by default, remove it. ShutUp10 is useful tame the OS. Windows design team
We need consumer grade recording apps - Audacity is great but to complex for some of us.
Fedora 30 is to get a Deepin desktop option.
Deepin 15.9 released with touchscreen support. There are other touch-friendly options: Gnome, Plasma Mobile.
DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps for its local search. OpenStreetMap might be a better fit, but how is non-tracking search engine going to make money? iCloud hack.