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[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 14 points 9 months ago

This is very exciting! I don't use bottles, because I barely game, but for rhose that do, I'm sure this is very exciting! (although some people would not like the Electron part, but hey, at least they are NOT abandoning GTK and will still offer it specifically for those users)

[-] xinayder@infosec.pub 5 points 9 months ago

I stopped reading when I read "Electron".

I used Heroic a few times and it's absolute garbage because it runs Electron.

They said they will offer these 2 versions side-by-side, but mark my words, a few months/years they will go with the Electron version and kill the GTK version.

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I'm guessing it's just a transition period, until most people use the new version, because it's easier, and then they will kill the old version because it "takes too much development effort" and "nobody uses it", and because it's a "duplication of effort".

[-] lukas@lemmy.haigner.me 2 points 9 months ago

Did you read the article?

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