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Hey #gnome and #kde people, since you are at #fosdem could you maybe discuss what would it take to make a common toolkit (Linux toolkit?) that would appeal to both #c and #cpp devs? Basically covering both platforms so we could converge. Maybe #swiftlang? Fork of #Kotlin native? Seems to me we would be better off with people writing mobile apps for Linux desktop, than people writing web apps and electron garbage on desktop.

Fully aware of xkcd.com/927/


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Emmanuele Bassi
Emmanuele Bassi
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you’re essentially asking for volunteers to work on what you like instead of working on what they like (GNOME and KDE) and for a company to work on something that doesn’t bring them money (Qt)… why would anybody do that?
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amackif
amackif
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@ebassi there might be a misunderstanding here. I asked to discuss what it would take to make a toolkit that both desktops would use. To discuss an idea. You can also say that you are not interested, which obviously you are not.

The reason that I asked is an interesting question that popped up in KDE camp - if they should change their programming language as a modernization(?) effort. This is an extension of the same question including both camps.

@Emmanuele Bassi
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