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If you go to https://www.codux.com/download https://www.codux.com/download in FF there is no link. If you go to https://www.codux.com/download https://www.codu

If you go to https://www.codux.com/download https://www.codux.com/download in FF there is no link. If you go to https://www.codux.com/download https://www.codux.com/download on Chrome on NixOS, you are offered a .deb when you click a button named 'Linux'. Ubuntu != Linux. Debian != Linux.

1attice 4y ago
It's a shame, too, because I'm a professional React dev, and I was really excited to try this! But there's some sort of thermocline-of-trust issue with a self-identified manufacturer of software engineering tools can't correctly detect or name my OS, nor presumably understand why this makes me wary of trusting my development loads to a tool that is packaged in this way. https://twitter.com/garius/status/1588115310124539904 https://twitter.com/garius/status/1588115310124539904 Suggestion to Wix: Go take a look at how another closed-source app with excellent cross-platform support is packaged -- say, https://reaper.fm https://reaper.fm. This website lets me pick from several different flavours of Linux in an unobtrustive, practical way. (I mention 'practical' because I know that the idea of supporting more than one flavour of an OS is seen by newcomers as 'impractical', but that's just how we do business in Linuxville, and since we've been doing it for a while, we've got lots of examples of doing it successfully, practically, and sustainably. Welcome! Sorry about the mess!) Instead of assuming everyone is on .deb, here are some alternatives: - Flatpak (most preferred) - AppImage - Docker image - Snap (least perferred) Once it's possible for anyone to use the Flatpak, say, it makes sense to begin producing artifacts for common platforms like .deb for ubuntu x64 etc. Put your CI/CD on it. But don't start there. Start with flatpak. Start with appImage. Start, if you must, with a docker image and `localhost:3000`. But whatever you do, don't equate linux with Ubuntu or even Debian, it makes everyone feel weird
- ajkjk 4y ago
  Probably they're a small team that was focused on getting this working, not thinking through OS compatibility stuff except as an afterthought. Good thing that's easy to fix after the fact?

1attice 4y ago

It's a shame, too, because I'm a professional React dev, and I was really excited to try this! But there's some sort of thermocline-of-trust issue with a self-identified manufacturer of software engineering tools can't correctly detect or name my OS, nor presumably understand why this makes me wary of trusting my development loads to a tool that is packaged in this way. https://twitter.com/garius/status/1588115310124539904 https://twitter.com/garius/status/1588115310124539904 Suggestion to Wix: Go take a look at how another closed-source app with excellent cross-platform support is packaged -- say, https://reaper.fm https://reaper.fm. This website lets me pick from several different flavours of Linux in an unobtrustive, practical way. (I mention 'practical' because I know that the idea of supporting more than one flavour of an OS is seen by newcomers as 'impractical', but that's just how we do business in Linuxville, and since we've been doing it for a while, we've got lots of examples of doing it successfully, practically, and sustainably. Welcome! Sorry about the mess!) Instead of assuming everyone is on .deb, here are some alternatives: - Flatpak (most preferred) - AppImage - Docker image - Snap (least perferred) Once it's possible for anyone to use the Flatpak, say, it makes sense to begin producing artifacts for common platforms like .deb for ubuntu x64 etc. Put your CI/CD on it. But don't start there. Start with flatpak. Start with appImage. Start, if you must, with a docker image and `localhost:3000`. But whatever you do, don't equate linux with Ubuntu or even Debian, it makes everyone feel weird

ajkjk 4y ago
Probably they're a small team that was focused on getting this working, not thinking through OS compatibility stuff except as an afterthought. Good thing that's easy to fix after the fact?