Imagine wanting to see if you can help with the development, but seeing that the development is coordinated on fucking Discord.
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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I have an eye for typos and like to notify authors as I’m they’ll want to correct them. Blogs that only allow contact via social media apps frustrate me as I’m not on shitbird, fb, insta, etc. Can’t you just have a public email associated with your writing ffs?
notify authors as I’m they’ll
How about grammar errors?
Hahaha! You got me.
Ooh, the irony!
And written in C++ 🙄 How many times does this mistake have to be made?
Not sure what’s the problem there?
It's in Proverbs 11:20
The C++ developers are an abomination to the Lord,
But the Rustaceans in their Rust-based OSes are His delight.
But is there any plans to support GNU Linux distros, like Debian or Nix? From the first look the browser is only for Serenity.
It does build on Linux distros as well. There's already a package on the AUR for instance: https://aur.archlinux.org/ladybird-git.git
That aur link should be: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ladybird-git 🙂
Verify your dependencies! Also check the release comments for tips and tricks.
Linux is the only platform to get native WebGL, too!
On Nix, it’s available:
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ladybird ];
Also, is there any plan to provide binaries and builds? Especially for Android, for example, via F-Droid?
F-Droid does not ship binaries. You submit code to be built by F-Droid. This is its strength and also weakness. IzzyOnDroid just pulls in Github releases, which is pretty cool.
IzzyEnDroid docs don’t say they are limited to MS GitHub
The point is that the releases are signed by developers so they cannot be easily faked
Then you should drop the specific name drop of a proprietary platform when a generic option like code repository or software forge could suffice.
It was just my info that they directly use Github releases. Shipping binary packages next to the codebase is something specific for Github and a few other platforms.
A few other platforms like Forgejo (Codeberg), GitLab, & SourceHut? The first 3 open source/open core Git forges I looked up support this… it is not unique to the Microsoft-owned, proprietary offering.
Using Qt and brotli, seems nice! But Discord? Hell no.
Want to contribute to this open project? Create closed Microsoft GitHub & Discord account. https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/28/Dont-use-Discord-for-FOSS.html
What problem are they trying to solve?
Building Firefox from scratch.
Why? What would that benefit?
Definitely wish them the best though :)