@zaivala Yes! I've heard from someone it is very good.

@hehemrin
I personally am loving it. It's still in beta but I can't tell. 32-bit is in beta 2.

@zaivala I tested it as live-iso a few years ago, but only to see how it looked. I will install and explore more one day! Another one, non-linux, I want to explore more (no intention as daily drive for foreseeable future) is Haiku.

@hehemrin
I have frequently been on the edge of testing Haiku. I downloaded it a couple times but never gotten around to install it. I still have not used a virtual machine, and I don't like trying things that I can't put on metal. I have seen a video recently or a person claimed that it could now be daily driven, thanks to the addition of the falkon web browser.

@zaivala I agree on using metal vs virtual. Plus to be honest, I have not tried to learn virtual.
I check, I first tried Haiku Beta 2 on ThinkPad and IdeaPad, but never booted (USB-Live-ISO). Then I tried again with Beta 3 and it worked on both. Now they are on Beta 4 (plus nightly) so I guess it can be daily as an enthusiast. But not for me who want something simple and robust, but to spice up my life now and then. The advantage of an own site is it helps to remember: https://www.hemrin.com/business-blog/exploring-haiku-os-part-1

@hehemrin
I have also been keeping an eye on React OS

@zaivala I think I've heard about it, but forgotten it. Yes, it should be worth to keep an eye.
Related, I have CrossOver by CodeWeavers to run Windows applications. CrossOver is as you probably know based on Wine and supports the project, and I read React collaborate with Wine. I started to use CrossOver when I migrated to macOS several years ago and now use it on Linux for a few applications (my impression is that it works better on Linux than on macOS).

@WT4U Thanks, good to hear. I think one challenge with FOSS is that people in general needs income and it should be possible to do that in sw jobs, and I believe a sustainable business model/income is an issue for FOSS jobs, but I don't really know. One big challenge for me was photos esp catalog, migrate from Adobe Photoshop Elements to digiKam, in the end data migration worked quite well but needed preparation, reading and testing (which I completed on macOS well before switching OS).

@hehemrin I use a mix of DarkTable and GIMP for images, but there are always a few nifty features I'd like to add.

If companies contributed a significant fraction of what they're paying in Adobe subscriptions to support open source development it would be they'd get a much better ROI. Paying devs to keep re-inventing proprietary solutions to the same problems smacks of busywork. There are better uses for the talent.

@WT4U A major reason went for digiKam is the people/face-tagging which DarkTable lacks. Although digiKam can develop raw, I have added RawTherapee. I also have GIMP, not used so much yet. DarkTable is defenitely on my potential list. One non-free photo related sw I like very much is VueScan - and I am not aware of any corresponding FOSS that is close to its capabilities.