The call for proposals deadline for #GUADEC, #GNOME's developer and user conference, is tomorrow, March 13!
Submit your proposals at https://events.gnome.org/event/306/abstracts/#submit-abstract. More information at https://discourse.gnome.org/t/the-guadec-2026-call-for-participation-is-open/34008
If you're just doing a standard desktop workflow then I don't really know how you beat Linux desktop. Fast, snappy, no bloat, no surveillance, no license, and no walled garden.
Just straight Debian with Cinnamon and you're set. The only techy thing you need to master is your package manager. My goto apps:
Vivaldi
Open Office
Audacity
VLC
Flameshot
Signal
Remmina
Björn Balazs - Cutting Gordian's "End-User Focus" vs. "Privacy" Knot
Kai Uwe Broulik- Contributing Is More Than Just Code
Adapt or Die How new Linux packaging approaches affect wider KDE
A Look on the Bright Side of Life - Harald Sitter
An Operating System of Our Own - Harald Sitter
Akademy Awards 2024
Neofytos Kolokotronis - Building Culture: It Starts at Onboarding and Never Ends
Windows 12 rumors point to deeper AI integration that could control services, updates, screen reading, and semantic search — impossible to fully disable. 🧩
This could be the tipping point pushing users to Linux, which offers no ads, no forced AI, no hardware demands, no tracking, and zero cost. 🛡️
🔗 https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-12-rumors-linux-migration/
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