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EVen thought I understand the bashing Electron gets, it doesn't seem that Qt is the right choice right now. I tried to test the software: Needed Qt as there ar

by ericol 6y ago

EVen thought I understand the bashing Electron gets, it doesn't seem that Qt is the right choice right now. I tried to test the software: Needed Qt as there are no releases, but Qt is behind a paywall, and according to a previous post here in HN [1] it seems they resorted back to tactics they already reckoned (In 2015) were not good. I guess I'll just have to wait until the page has the releases ready. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22821050 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22821050

jcelerier 6y ago
> but Qt is behind a paywall, apt install qtbase5-dev / brew install qt / whatever works just fine here. if you are on windows and absolutely want the official releases : pip install aqtinstall python -m aqt install 5.14.2 windows desktop win64_msvc2017_64 -O c:/Qt/
- ericol 6y ago
  Cheers. I'm on debian 10 and that didn't work, but I suspect it's something to do with my current installation that complains about a missing Qt4 software even after installing that (That I'll research when I have the time).
  - jcelerier 6y ago
    Likely. sudo docker run -it debian:10 apt update apt install qtbase5-dev build-essential g++-8 qt5-qmake qt5-default git git clone --recursive -j16 https://github.com/francescmm/GitQlient mkdir build && cd build qmake ../GitQlient && make -j16 seems to produce a build without errors here
app4soft 6y ago
> I tried to test the software: Needed Qt as there are no releases This is not true! There are releases, and especially for Linux it already packaged as AppImage (portable package).[0] [0] https://github.com/francescmm/GitQlient/releases https://github.com/francescmm/GitQlient/releases
pjmlp 6y ago
FOSS religion is not relevant for everyone. Second creating an account at Qt doesn't hurt. Finally, they need to pay their bills, just like I have to.
- ozim 6y ago
  We all have to pay bills but Microsoft is giving away so much stuff that Qt approach is hurting them. If I have to just make an application in .NET env as a small time dev I don't even have to register anywhere just get .net core and VS Code. OK I understand that MS can pull it off because they have big companies paying for their stuff. I also don't really know how to compete with them. But me as a small time dev cannot afford to get with all Qt BS where there is almost no BS for using free stuff from MS. (I have to count every minute or hour, so putting up with some forms or else is taking too much of my time already) I would love to give money to Qt instead of MS or Apple but yeah I have to pay my bills as well.
PunksATawnyFill 6y ago
Qt isn't behind a paywall, but they do their best to hide the open-source installers. https://www.qt.io/offline-installers https://www.qt.io/offline-installers

by ericol 6y ago

jcelerier 6y ago

> but Qt is behind a paywall, apt install qtbase5-dev / brew install qt / whatever works just fine here. if you are on windows and absolutely want the official releases : pip install aqtinstall python -m aqt install 5.14.2 windows desktop win64_msvc2017_64 -O c:/Qt/

ericol 6y ago
Cheers. I'm on debian 10 and that didn't work, but I suspect it's something to do with my current installation that complains about a missing Qt4 software even after installing that (That I'll research when I have the time).
- jcelerier 6y ago
  Likely. sudo docker run -it debian:10 apt update apt install qtbase5-dev build-essential g++-8 qt5-qmake qt5-default git git clone --recursive -j16 https://github.com/francescmm/GitQlient mkdir build && cd build qmake ../GitQlient && make -j16 seems to produce a build without errors here

app4soft 6y ago

> I tried to test the software: Needed Qt as there are no releases This is not true! There are releases, and especially for Linux it already packaged as AppImage (portable package).[0] [0] https://github.com/francescmm/GitQlient/releases https://github.com/francescmm/GitQlient/releases

pjmlp 6y ago

FOSS religion is not relevant for everyone. Second creating an account at Qt doesn't hurt. Finally, they need to pay their bills, just like I have to.

ozim 6y ago
We all have to pay bills but Microsoft is giving away so much stuff that Qt approach is hurting them. If I have to just make an application in .NET env as a small time dev I don't even have to register anywhere just get .net core and VS Code. OK I understand that MS can pull it off because they have big companies paying for their stuff. I also don't really know how to compete with them. But me as a small time dev cannot afford to get with all Qt BS where there is almost no BS for using free stuff from MS. (I have to count every minute or hour, so putting up with some forms or else is taking too much of my time already) I would love to give money to Qt instead of MS or Apple but yeah I have to pay my bills as well.

PunksATawnyFill 6y ago

Qt isn't behind a paywall, but they do their best to hide the open-source installers. https://www.qt.io/offline-installers https://www.qt.io/offline-installers