Why are reproducible builds only on one platform (Android)? Desktop version could have a built-in backdoor and data would be transferred not from the phone, but from the PC)
Why are reproducible builds only on one platform (Android)? Desktop version could have a built-in backdoor and data would be transferred not from the phone, but from the PC)
JetBrains isn’t exactly a product for the general audience like Signal is. Even then they’re using the Electron approach (by building their IDE on Java, and Java doesn’t use the native OS UI in any way). They do support some Linux elements (shortcut schemes and such) but in practice they’re no different from any Electron app. If anything, Jetbrains’ success on Linux shows that Linux users don’t care about native apps as much as you may think.
Steam is successful on Linux (though it’s also mostly Chromium-based, except their Chromium is even more out of date). They’ve invested heavily into their Linux ecosystem for Intel/AMD GPU PC’s for their failed Steam Machines and successful Steam Deck (Steam is quite laggy and shit on Nvidia+Linux but that’s Nvidia for you). However, most games sold aren’t built for Linux. Linux gamers buy Windows games and run compatibility software, so the games companies are still targeting Windows. I would give you an example from my sizeable Steam library, but the checkbox to disable listing Proton-based games is broken (just doesn’t turn off lol).
Jetbrains and Steam are excellent examples of “don’t develop for Linux, develop for other platforms and port to Linux while you’re at it”. Valve tries its hardest but most of their income still comes from the Windows products they sell.
Java isn’t the massive pile of shit that the JS ecosystem is. If you think these two are comlarable it is obvious you don’t know what you’re talking about. The landscape is a tiny bit more complex thn “C++ and then not C++”
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