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The download page says "Investing in open source", but it also says "Not supported for Linux". I'm going to take a guess that no other open source operating sy

The download page says "Investing in open source", but it also says "Not supported for Linux". I'm going to take a guess that no other open source operating systems are supported either, unless you count Android. Maybe they have a Linux or FreeBSD version in the works. From what I'm seeing right now, the new Microsoft supports open source, so long as you're on a proprietary platform. Should I be surprised?

iamaelephant 7y ago
Lots of people invest in open source without supporting or investing in Linux. There's a whole universe of open source.
- cameronbrown 7y ago
  That's true, but Microsoft is supposedly making a push into Linux and by leaving it out you're cutting off a huge chunk of OSS enthusiasts.
  - Proven 7y ago
    Nobody is cutting off anything. If it doesn’t support Linux today it doesn’t mean it won’t support it tomorrow. The “but does it run Linux” comment is a complete garbage, by the way - the answer is provided in the online FAQs but why read it when it’s not a prerequisite for commenting
zamadatix 7y ago
They don't seem to be expecting a Linux release soon https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/c094uf/hi_reddit_were_the_team_behind_microsoft_edge_and/er2wgas/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/c094uf/hi_reddit_were... Chrome/Chromium on Linux isn't even all that well supported sadly enough.
- jhasse 7y ago
  > Chrome/Chromium on Linux isn't even all that well supported sadly enough. What makes you think that? I'm using Chromium as my daily driver and it even comes with hardware video acceleration (chromium-vaapi package from Fedora + RPMFusion). In my experience Linusmx support is a lot better than Firefox'.
  - zamadatix 7y ago
    Chromium-vaapi probably works well enough for most users but that doesn't mean it's officially supported, there's a reason it's a separate package instead of in the mainline build (i.e. it's been up to merge multiple times and declined each). Even then >60 FPS display and HDR do not function on Linux (though that doesn't affect as many as the decoding/GPU acceleration issues). It is definitely better than Firefox on Linux but that doesn't make it well supported.

iamaelephant 7y ago

Lots of people invest in open source without supporting or investing in Linux. There's a whole universe of open source.

cameronbrown 7y ago
That's true, but Microsoft is supposedly making a push into Linux and by leaving it out you're cutting off a huge chunk of OSS enthusiasts.
- Proven 7y ago
  Nobody is cutting off anything. If it doesn’t support Linux today it doesn’t mean it won’t support it tomorrow. The “but does it run Linux” comment is a complete garbage, by the way - the answer is provided in the online FAQs but why read it when it’s not a prerequisite for commenting

zamadatix 7y ago

They don't seem to be expecting a Linux release soon https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/c094uf/hi_reddit_were_the_team_behind_microsoft_edge_and/er2wgas/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/c094uf/hi_reddit_were... Chrome/Chromium on Linux isn't even all that well supported sadly enough.

jhasse 7y ago
> Chrome/Chromium on Linux isn't even all that well supported sadly enough. What makes you think that? I'm using Chromium as my daily driver and it even comes with hardware video acceleration (chromium-vaapi package from Fedora + RPMFusion). In my experience Linusmx support is a lot better than Firefox'.
- zamadatix 7y ago
  Chromium-vaapi probably works well enough for most users but that doesn't mean it's officially supported, there's a reason it's a separate package instead of in the mainline build (i.e. it's been up to merge multiple times and declined each). Even then >60 FPS display and HDR do not function on Linux (though that doesn't affect as many as the decoding/GPU acceleration issues). It is definitely better than Firefox on Linux but that doesn't make it well supported.