Make Apps for Linux

Post by rubymamis » Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 9:05 AM UTC

lupusreal wrote: post #37

rubymamis wrote: post #20

The problem is OSS software not even trying to compete with the market. People using OSS software taking it for granted that the UX is going to be subpar, and it really is. Regular propriety software faces the risk of their users not paying, therefore adapting to make end user experience great. OSS usually doesn't have that risk. Open source needs to be exposed to risk from end users. I tried to change that with Note…

> Open source needs to be exposed to risk from end users. Why do open source applications need that? You said yourself that users of open source software accept the subpar UX, so what problem are you trying to solve? Making open source development somehow 'riskier' for programmers without simultaneously providing more reward would only drive programmers away.

Users of OSS software accepting the subpar experience is the problem. You don't think they look away to their macOS counterparts and wish these polished apps were available on their Linux machines? I used Linux as my primary device for 2.5 years, then switched to macOS and never looked back. Now I want to bring the same polished user experience to other operating systems using Qt. I believe my latest attempt [1] is the closest to get there without the awful sacrifices of Electron apps.

[1] https://www.get-plume.com

Post by vcg3rd » Wed, Dec 20, 2023, 9:46 PM UTC

rubymamis wrote: post #154

vcg3rd wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I understand your frustration, but I have a couple of counter-examples, and I don't offer them in any derogatory way. 1) Notes looks a lot like Standard Notes. If you built Notes using copy-left, OSS it's hard to complain unless you pay "royalties" to all the programmers whose work was incorporated into yours. 2) I am probably atypical. I have used Linux for over 20 years, but I can't write so much as a Bash script o…

There are some amazing people that valued what I'm doing. One person even donated $1000 years ago. But that doesn't make it sustainable. I think it's time for me to compete on the market. I believe Plume is going to be a good addition to the pool of productivity apps today, but I'll let people judge that when it's released. I hope you will sign up to get an update[2] and let me know what you think of it when it is re…

"BTW, are you suggesting I copied Standard Notes?"

No. But it reads like I was. Apologies.

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