Linux

Maybe meta, but a linux installer for windows that works just like a normal installer on windows. You download the .exe, double click it, it opens a wizard you can walk though, and by the end of the process, after it reboots, you're in a linux distro.

You know what, it could also be for linux, when I think about it... not everybody wants to write on a flash drive, reboot, run through installation, reboot.

The original idea is that non-technical users don't know what an "OS" is. They might search for "windows alternative", "windows replacement", "linux installer" (if they heard of linux), and so on without knowing it's an OS. If they could download something that installed "the linux app" without having to know about partitions, flashing a USB stick, MBR vs UEFI, distros, etc. it could make things much much easier.

• distro: which flavor of linux would you like (as stable as possible)? gaming (bazzite), productivity (ubuntu), bleeding edge (debian sid?), design, development, expert, security, ...
• desktop environment: look and feel? more like MacOS (gnome), more like windows 7,8,10 (KDE), more like XP (LXDE, LXQt), Windows 98 feel (XfCE, ....)
• probably other things, but maybe that's all non-techies care about

The installer could have warnings for configurations e.g "you have an NVIDIA card $model, this has known issues with your display manager (Wayland), would you like to select automatic fix?".

Anti Commercial-AI license

A utility to map extruded lines/objects/shapes to STL files. For example, say you have an STL of a curved vase. You want to add a spiral to it. So you place the photo of a spiral on the object. The utility lets you decide where on the STL it'll be placed, then you can decide the extrusion depth (positive or negative).

Possibly including some type of LLM, too. So you can import your STL, then type something like "picture of the Simpsons in the style of ancient Greek amphora vase paintings." It'll appear as line art on the 3D object

Note that I don't need this, myself. You want to work on something interesting, so I thought for a few minutes and came up with this. :)

I'm not sure at all why to use Rust for a desktop app unless it's something super complex and demanding like a browser (the motivation for developing Rust in the first place). Otherwise use a garbage collected language that handles more bookkeeping for you.. Also the GUI toolkits so far aren't written in Rust afaik.

Hmm would a GUI toolkit or even a window system (X or Wayland server) in Rust count?

Otherwise I mostly want libraries and CLI programs rather than GUI ones. Or a kernel module. Like rewrite btrfs in Rust since the C version is still full of bugs after all these years from what I can tell.

I would love a radarr/sonarr style app but for YouTube with sponsorblock built in.

edit: sorry I missed where you said desktop app

A "stupidly minimal" cli package that monitors power usage in real time. Bonus points if it is written in C++, with zero dependencies.

An HDR calibration/troubleshooting tool for KDE.

A port of SignalRGB, or a similar app that allows me to set up RGB using a GUI interface where I can arrange the lights to match my physical setup with my mouse. OpenRGB is too cumbersome.

A proper port of Nvidia Control Panel with no features missing (I especially need the 3D settings screen and RTX video enhancement settings). Or ressurect ATI Tray Tools and add more features for both GPU manufacturers. Nvidia X Server is woefully inadequate.