Make a Linux app. Stop making distributions.
WDYM so I shouldn’t make an anime flavored, Arch based distro named Archuwu?
I can totally picture this. Cutesy sound effects, characters pulling up/down menus, sparkle effects…
Where can I get it?
Can”t we just re-write Electron in Rust and then use it for everything else? /s
Make a Linux app, make a Linux distro, who cares…
How about you just let people do what they enjoy doing.
The “Where to start” section should be a “Not You” meme, with Electron in the middle square
I’m curious what witchcraft Microsoft did with VSCode to make it so responsive and performant when no other electron app is.
Is this site insane? On Linux I have access to so many more applications than other platforms. Sorry apple, ios apps repeating the same thing infinitely doesn’t count.
You are comparing Apples to oranges. While it may be true that Linux may have more software available, in my experience macOS has a shit ton of productivity software as well, and many times, due to being for-profit, of higher quality. That’s exactly why I’ve been thinking about giving my own try to making a launcher like Raycast for Linux.
Can completely agree. On Apple systems I can find a ton of productivity and editing software, but no luck doing things like file operations or automating. On Linux I can find absolutely anything related to processing data, customization, science or protocol clients, but no luck finding good note taking tool.
I think I live in a foss bubble, haven’t paid for software for… Too long 😹. Would you make it foss or paid or something else?
If I were to end up doing it (too many things I would like to do, too little time), I’d do it foss. At most I’d paywall features that have an ongoing cost (like hosting or server costs), though I am a bigger fan of keeping things local. That way its simpler and also easier to trust.
Personally, I think that paying for software isn’t a bad thing as long as the price is right and the licensing reasonable (I really hate unnecessary subscriptions). Devs (specially if working on complex stuff) got to eat too, and sometimes donations aren’t enough.
