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yeah, imagine what desktop apps would look like without web developers

fast startup time, no battery drain, low system requirements, native look and feel… guess we don’t deserve it



You forgot “doesn’t exist for your operating system” in your list.


VLC wants to know your location.

(Though I recall it being a bit snappier when it was based on wxwidgets rather than Qt.)


i’d love to have an OS that doesn’t support Electron


FreeBSD. Let me know how it goes for you. Genuinely interested.


seems there's a port now (based on electron 13), although not merged upstream


FreeDOS perhaps.




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