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It does and it mostly works but it doesn’t seem to be as fast as on macOS.

• kitsunesoba 6y ago
  Not sure how GNOME's preview feature is written, but macOS QuickLook plugins are written in C, C++, or Objective-C and the plugins included with the OS leverage OpenCL (or maybe Metal now) to accelerate rendering of previews, which is part of why it's so fast.
  • spacemanmatt 6y ago
    <SecurityHat> > plugins written in C, C++, ... no, thank you </SecurityHat>
• symlinkk 6y ago
  Knew I would get this type of response. The goalposts keep shifting
  • crubier 6y ago
    No. It’s just that performance and UX is capital for this software, and generally terrible on Linux as compared to MacOS
• tenken 6y ago
  Sure, until you mention Finder is browsing an SMB share folder ... Once upon a time I used a Macbook, never again :D