2xsaiko

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  • For a macOS-style desktop I recommend Plasma. It won’t feel like it out of the box, but you can customize it. I have it set up to have a top panel with app launcher, global menu, tray icons/notifications/time, and a bottom floating panel with all the application icons, downloads and trash like the Mac Dock, window buttons on the left, and a bunch of other tweaks. Keyboard shortcuts I’ve also all set up to be as far as on the Mac as possible, including correct mapping of the command key, if you care about those.

    It’s certainly not perfect in terms of how it behaves like macOS but probably about the best you can get with “off the shelf” desktops. (Wish more people cared about a GNUstep desktop tbh)

    Not sure about distros, I generally recommend openSuSE to new users. If it or Mint works for your use cases, no idea though.




  • This menu is for switching the device profile. Different programs can output audio to different devices, but a device can only have a single profile at a time active.

    So, this menu can’t be flattened because the driver for the device doesn’t support outputting to both the speakers and the HDMI port at the same time. If the hardware supports it, this would have to be fixed in the driver, or at least ALSA or PipeWire. Plasma can’t do anything about this.