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Every library is overhead that you need to first understand. There's no "just writing a JS file" or just writing a C++/C#/Java/Python/etc. file.

This comes from different libraries being used for different things. KConfigXT uses XML to generate settings classes. Qt Widgets UI files are also XML based, but that comes from Qt…

Android started off being its own thing, except for the kernel. The Steam Deck is built on desktop Linux tech, so they would have to start over if they wanted to move away from tha…

KDE still uses QQC2 and Flickable. However, we do workaround Flickable's deficiencies by filtering mouse wheel input on QQC2 ScrollViews and setting the content X/Y values so that …

If KDE and GNOME are stuck, it's not because they can't innovate with their UIs enough with traditional ways of interacting with a computer. In fact, I don't think innovating in a …

And now that we have PipeWire, getting low latency audio is extremely easy too.

> I mean, what are you going to do, use a 3rd party client for Google's services? You're not allowed to - at least not on the same service level. 3rd party Google Drive clients hav…

Sorry, but I completely disagree. If what you were saying was true, then physical synths would have the same problems in live performances. I think the problem is not the instrumen…

You don't see the side-effects of destabilizing a government as potentially disastrous for an economy? Governments and economies can have many different forms, but there are clear …

Does making governments less stable really not make economies less stable?

Apparently they are not associated with Andrew Lee anymore. They were sold to Kape (formerly Crossrider) in 2019.

The apps are already individual things that don't depend on each other, except in some cases where KParts are used. A KPart is kind of like an application turned into a library. Us…

Which group would a DAW and plugins developed by a FOSS community like KDE or GNOME belong to?

Only KDE devs can merge MRs. We review, say that the patch looks good in a comment and then merge.

Affinity Designer also lacks features compared to Inkscape, so paying more (than nothing) does not necessarily get you a better product.

This kind of finger pointing is really not useful or constructive. Who do you think designed the interfaces that the author of the article prefers? Do you think he'd agree that des…

It's not related to the part of the article you quoted, in case you don't know. Generally, you can't use anything other than the GTK file picker in GTK apps. If you use flatpaks wi…

LOC requirements are easy to abuse and LOC != amount of originality

You're correct that KDE's design group isn't organized from the top down. While that might be a problem for a company, I think it's actually a good thing for a community of volunte…

Probably virtual reality. I tried it for the first time at an art museum a week ago and while I was only floating around an artist's 3D painting-like impression of her home, it sti…

This already exists in desktop environments. Of course, not all desktop environments have the same features. I know KDE Plasma has this. It can't work with all apps though, for the…

It won't happen because Linux users like it the way it is. It is consistent, it's just not the way you want it to be. I love middle click paste. It makes sense that it doesn't foll…

I put my terminal based music player (cmus) in a Quake-style drop-down terminal (Yakuake). It's easy to access, doesn't add any clutter, works with ReplayGain, and it works with me…

I can't send you links, but you can make GUIs using GTK and QML. The QML crate by cyndis is no longer being maintained, but there is a new one by White Oak. Just add "qml" or "gtk-…