mmm I wanted to edit my post but it seems to get locked after time. So just adding a comment with some info and corrections on the topic. - Atom on linux uses

mmm I wanted to edit my post but it seems to get locked after time. So just adding a comment with some info and corrections on the topic. - Atom on linux uses GTK+[0]. - GTK+ uses XLib[1]. - From the wikipedia link "Xlib makes the client synchronous with respect to replies and events." so much for js being async ;) - Do anybody know how workable chrome or even firefox is over the x window protocol? [0]: https://electron.atom.io/docs/development/build-instructions-linux/ https://electron.atom.io/docs/development/build-instructions... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System_core_protocol#Xlib_and_other_client_libraries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System_core_protocol#...