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> if a new Eazel emerged tomorrow (another Linux-focused startup led by ex-Apple "rock stars"), how would they best contribute to the Linux desktop? Probably b
by peutetre 2y ago
> if a new Eazel emerged tomorrow (another Linux-focused startup led by ex-Apple "rock stars"), how would they best contribute to the Linux desktop?
Probably by joining elementary OS:
https://elementary.io/ https://elementary.io/
- codetrotter 2y agoOr instead of Linux they could join something FreeBSD-based, like ravynOS https://ravynos.com/ https://ravynos.com/ > We love macOS, but we’re not a fan of the ever-closing hardware and ecosystem. So, we are creating ravynOS — an OS aimed to provide the finesse of macOS with the freedom of FreeBSD. Imagine former Apple employees joining them! That’d be so awesome!
- clan 2y agoOther players as well: https://github.com/helloSystem/hello https://github.com/helloSystem/hello
- eddieroger 2y agoThe most recent release of ravyn seems to be from 2022. I'm not sure they'd take this on if they started tomorrow.
- codetrotter 2y agoThe more reason for a bunch of experts from Apple to join, right? ;) To bring their expertise and help out with challenges that are currently blocking this project from progress.
- jwells89 2y agoElementary's aesthetics are in the right place, but Pantheon is probably too closely coupled with GNOME to allow the degree of freedom such a group would desire. Depending on GTK, which has become well known for pulling rugs from underneath devs using it, is also a liability. Considering these things I believe such a group would be best served by starting their own DE project and likely writing their own UI framework with first-class C bindings, because while Qt doesn't break things as often as GTK does it's restrictive in the languages it can be used with.