TBH, I assisted with some linux installs and setting up a dual boot was troublesome. Installing a clean install worked easier!

If you have an old, spare laptop around, I recommend trying linux first with that laptop before making the plunge.

Someone did in the mean time: https://github.com/pqoqubbw/icons/issues/4

Typo: s/FOUR/FOR/

Also checkout !openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

I used this one or a similar one a while back. Pure magic. It started downloading a ton of stuff, and half an hour later I was greated by a (slow) macOS, good enough to do some tests of my webapp on Safari.

There will never be 'more momentum' if you don't build it. Just kick it off and host this person, others will follow.

!openstreetmap@lemmy.ml - but that's also because I helped to get it going during the first reddit-waves ;)

You can also try the webapp https://mapcomplete.org

Well, best thing to counter that is to be the change you want to see. Start the community for the niche you miss the most/know the most about. Post something daily for two weeks + do a call for mods, and before you know you'll have at least some activity. I (helped) to bootstrap !openstreetmap@lemmy.ml this way, and the community has about 1 top level post per day on average now. Not a lot, but a good start.

Sorry, but HERE-maps does not use OSM data. They list their sources here: https://legal.here.com/en-gb/terms/general-content-supplier-terms-and-notices

Google is supposed not to copy OSM...

Have a look at https://openstreetmap.community/ and https://osmcal.org/