• @anlumo@lemmy.world
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      On ArchLinux, many Electron apps use a central installation of Electron that is kept up to date by the package manager. That works pretty well.

      Of course, snap-based distributions like Ubuntu and other systems without a proper package manager like macOS and Windows can’t do it like that.

      • @narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
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        21 year ago

        That’s pretty cool. I’m wondering how often this leads to compatibility problems.

        Still, nothing comes close to a native UI experience.

        • @anlumo@lemmy.world
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          01 year ago

          Still, nothing comes close to a native UI experience.

          That’s not really well defined on Linux. It feels like every application comes with its own toolkit and its own behavior. Even on Windows, there is a mixture of three different generations of Windows UI systems (Windows XP-style, Windows 8-style, Fluent) that are completely different.

      • Bobby Turkalino
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        -111 year ago

        Discord is pretty bangin too

        It’s almost like shit electron apps are shit because the developers are such a joke (honestly), not electron.

        • @saiarcot895@programming.dev
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          Discord has also been using ancient electron versions for a long while now (I don’t know if they’ve since updated to versions that haven’t been EoL’ed).

          On Linux, I literally have a better experience using discord in my browser than the electron version.

          Edit: looks like discord updated to Electron 22 in March 2023, with the update to Electron 23 happening maybe at the end of the year or early next year, according to this reddit post. So they’re getting better, but still a bit behind.

        • @PlexSheep@feddit.de
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          81 year ago

          Using a whole browser as the base for your application just seems unnecessary. Then again, I do most things from my terminal.

            • @neutron@thelemmy.club
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              41 year ago

              At this pace I predict the fabled “year of the Linux desktop” will arrive when local- processing desktops have been overrun by closed-off mobile devices and cloud services.

        • @rbits@lemm.ee
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          31 year ago

          Not for me, Discord is slow af on my laptop. But do definitely agree it’s Discord’s fault in this case