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I used to use linux desktop since 2012(ish) and I remember the time when most of my apps were Windows and Mac only! As a broke university student, I could not a
by ohstopitu 9y ago
I used to use linux desktop since 2012(ish) and I remember the time when most of my apps were Windows and Mac only! As a broke university student, I could not afford to upgrade to a Mac just to use some tools!
Electron has made me forget those days! Today, most of the tools I use are available on all platforms and while they do take up a lot more ram and disk space - both are generally things I can buy and fit on my computer and will be supported out of the box but not having those apps won't.
I know it's great to hate Electron because of how much ram and disk space it takes, but for those few on Linux, it's truly made life easy!
- interfixus 9y agoI am the retrograde, grumpy, obtuse old curmudgeon of a comment somewhere above. Running everything on Linux for all of this century and a bit of the last one as well. As you may surmise, I do not entirely agree with you: I have tried the odd Electron application, but I don't think any of them lasted a week on my desktop. It's not just the bloat in itself. Software built on what I consider iffy technologies - somehow I never really manage to trust them or just feel reasonably comfortable with them.
- ohstopitu 9y agooh I totally agree, almost all those apps don't fit in with Gnome or even Unity (almost all electron apps feel out of place). But imo, it helps make life slightly easy!
- interfixus 9y agoTo each his own. I'm most certainly not out to stop anyone. And I realise I'm too much of a purist for some :)