Sure.
But “missing significant foundational and complex functionality is not really a bug”, it is a feature. I mean, I guess I could file a bug that says “won’t run ALL Windows software” and talk about how long it stays open.
As each of these dominos falls, it gets easier to add more functionality on top. I feel like they have made more progress in the past two years than they have in the 10 before that.
Given how slowly they move, the obvious choice is to bet against them.
That said…
It already works for some stuff. There are already people that have been able to use ReactOS to run legacy but vital applications. I cannot remember any details but I have heard of a few instances where businesses saved rather substantial amounts of money with ReactOS.
Similarly, there are certainly people that find it runs the particular applications they want and runs on the hardware they have. Some legacy gamers use it. But perhaps you have hardware that is only supported under Windows XP.
And, if people keep using Windows, it will eventually become usable enough to be a viable alternative. If it had Windows 7 level features today and ran modern apps, a lot of people would find it good enough to switch. It does not have to be better than Windows or support every Windows feature.
As slow as they are, they have gotten further than most people would have expected.
So when I install EOS for the first time, I should use the ISO from when the project was founded?
This comment is silly. The fact that every rolling release I can think of tracks against releases in exactly this way is not.
Of course they do. It is a silly comment.
Now that GIMP has finally released version 3, they seem to be moving faster. I hope they are able to get more positive mind-share.
For example, they are close to releasing 3.2 that already has lots of great stuff in it. It looks like 3.4 could address some really long running deficiencies like native CMYK.
If stuff actually gets released, they may not only attract users but developers which is what they really need.
Lots of nice changes in this release. I see lots of the things people complain about.
I am not a GNOME user myself but since Niri uses XDG-desktop-portal-GNOME, this looks like a release to look forward to.
I have mixed feelings about Zorin.
They are doing a great job of promoting themselves and in attracting converts from Windows. It seems like a nice enough distro as well that users are likely to have a decent experience with.
On the other hand, they are charging money for a “pro” version that mostly just bundles software that users could get for free. My first reaction to this is that it is exploitive, both of uses and software devs.
But then I remember that they also offer support and I think that introducing people to software they did not know about is also a service.
And if they use the money to do all of the above, the Linux ecosystem benefits. So, perhaps they are not that bad.
Perhaps the best thing about them is they make it harder for truly scammy “windows” distros like Wububtu to take hold.
If they start to make “real” money, I do hope they share some of it back with the projects they leverage.
That is pretty limiting solution though.
First, you can only have one libadwaita library installed. So, if GNOME is already on a system, installing another DE alongside it will create a conflict.
Second, livadwaita is not designed to enable third-party theming. It surfaces the capabilities desired by GNOME, which is less and less all the time. That limits what others can do.
Do you mean by supplying your own version of libadwaita?
Absolutely GNOME.
GIMP just finally finished their port from GTK2 to GTK3 a few months ago. GTK4, released 5 years ago, has literally nothing to do with them.
Like GNOME, I think that GTK is one of those projects that now says that the letters do not stand for anything.
It has really only been a problem since GTK4. A lot of the rest of the GTK universe has stuck with GTK3. Now we are seeing people come up with alternative versions of libadwaita.
We should end up seeing a fork on the GTK side with GNOME going one way and everybody else another.
I always preferred GTK and its ecosystem. But GTK is more and more positioning itself as just a toolkit for GNOME. And GNOME is more and more going not only going its own way but also not concerning itself with compatibility beyond what I will call the Red Hat Linux platform.
So I can certainly see why anybody outside of GNOME would consider migrating off GTK. I mean, this is basically how we got COSMIC as well, based off the Iced toolkit.
I agree. I wish Flatpak used a proper package manager. You install one Flatpak and you need the entire freedesktop sdk even if you use a fifth of it. Install a second Flatpak and maybe do it again.
Does Kubuntu not use snap?
I keep my arc welder next to my water jet cutter. Check out my next video where I build a fusion reactor. The follow up shows you the quantum computer I used to model the plasma.
Why the quotes? Is the Commodore 64 Ultimate ‘old’?
While I do not disagree, it is important to realize that this was named in early 90’s.
When Windows NT was released, an important aspect of the architecture was the idea that it had “sub-systems” to provide app compatibility.
The Win32 sub-system (Windows apps) was just one of them. It’s full name was the Windows sub-system for Win32.
There was also the sub-system for POSIX (UNIX compatibility to win government contracts) and the sub-system for OS/2. OS/2 was interesting as it was still expected to be the important competitor and because it was originally going to be a Microsoft OS so Microsoft had customers that had written OS/2 apps.
The Windows sub-system for POSIX was never any good. It was just good enough to check boxes and win procurement contracts. Windows NT became quite successful and UNIX compatibility was not important.
That is, until Linux became popular.
So, when Microsoft added Linux application compatibility to Windows, it was naturally to call it the Windows sub-system for Linux.
I agree that the name sucks but it makes sense in a historical context.
It is my root partition and it is quite good.
Too bad the lead dev got it kicked out. It is worse for users but he seems happier.
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