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Re: 1Password for Linux

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In fairness, Linux GUI toolkits suck a lot. I was a professional Qt developer in a past life and while it stands head and shoulders above GTK, that’s really not saying much. I’ve often thought about making my own toolkit, but there’s so much that we forget about from things like focus to accessibility to text layout and rendering (much text has been rendered on why text rendering sucks). My hope is that Rust breathes…

Yup. Many people including myself are waiting for a viable Electron alternative to emerge, but until then Electron is leagues ahead of the rest. React Native is a missed opportunity for true cross-platform UI, but they chose not to support Linux. I'm keeping an eye on Tauri [1]. [1] https://tauri.studio/en/

What about Flutter, which Canonical has put its full weight behind?

Re: 1Password for Linux

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Hacker News is gonna be torn on this one :)

Might be a good litmus test for front-end developers Vs. back-end developers

Plot twist: they use Rust as wasm in the browser extension, so it's a front-end thing as well as a backend one https://blog.1password.com/1passwordx-december-2019-release/

Re: 1Password for Linux

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Yes, it is yet another Electron app. https://github.com/1password/electron-hardener

In fairness, Linux GUI toolkits suck a lot. I was a professional Qt developer in a past life and while it stands head and shoulders above GTK, that’s really not saying much. I’ve often thought about making my own toolkit, but there’s so much that we forget about from things like focus to accessibility to text layout and rendering (much text has been rendered on why text rendering sucks). My hope is that Rust breathes…

> fairness, Linux GUI toolkits suck a lot

Well, this is GTK password manager https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/PasswordSafe - UI works really well, use it every day.

Guess GTK will be much more popular 'cause Qt LTS going to be proprietary.

Re: 1Password for Linux

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Even though we’re a Bitwarden family, I’m happy to see other password managers supporting Linux, the world needs more native Linux support in their applications!

Edit: not too happy about electron, but it’s still a step in the right direction for the common folk who use Ubuntu and aren’t the most tech savvy and just don’t care

Re: 1Password for Linux

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What a scam. All this hype and it is another Electron app. Windows and Mac versions are native and yet Linux gets a version that uses 'Electron'. Yuck. Fortunately, to give us the illusion that it is 'fast' they need to mention that it uses 'Rust'. And?

I wonder if Qt developers are that hard to find.

Re: 1Password for Linux

#30

Have used 1Password before they had a client on linux and I have to say: I'm very relived now that I can now authenticate with my system keyring and not by entering my master password into a browser extension. (also much more convenient, can even use my fingerprint reader, if I wanted. On Linux!) (should be a browser feature)

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear it is working out. We have beta support for mutual unlock of the Linux app and browser extension so you can unlock in the browser using your fingerprint. You can check it out here: https://1password.community/discussion/120745/a-better-way-t... - Ben, 1Password
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