I’m using icons from the Anycon pack. It’s the Niagara Launcher’s “collection of icon packs specifically developed for Niagara Launcher”.

Here is a blog post about it.

My recommendation is Niagara Launcher. It’s more minimal than other launchers. I like the reduction in clutter.

That wallpaper is one of the wallpapers that comes with the Niagara launcher!

Dvorak. The same as others have posted, I started to type for a living and started to feel the numbness in my hands as I read up on RSI. I switched to Dvorak on my phone then eventually to desktop.

I’m willing to take a gander at the Workman layout.

Relay Pro was my app of choice. Whenever the 3rd party API usage was set to astronomical prices, i quit in solidarity. Now I am educated about the Fediverse :)

I use startpage as my primary search engine. It’s also privacy based and has an A rating from TermsofService;Didn’t Read.

Are you saying to try Opensuse Tumbleweed in a VM on his Win11 machine? Then if they like it, to pivot to opensuse full time?