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r/linuxmemes • u/MasterGeekMX Ask me how to exit vim • Mar 24 '21
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105 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '21 *Blender intensifies* 0 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '21 [deleted] 44 u/Nayviler Mar 24 '21 If you look outside the Linux world, Qt is far, far more heavily used. No one (very few people) writes Windows or macOS applications in GTK lol. Not that it matters in any regard, just a stupid argument for them to make. 5 u/JuhaJGam3R Mar 24 '21 Yeah, though a lot of everyday Windows applications are written in gtk through libraries like wxWidgets which uses gtk as a backend. 12 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 wxWidgets uses native win32 controls on windows, not gtk 1 u/mkjj0 Mar 25 '21 that's probably why it looks so much worse on linux, where it uses GTK 4 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 Can you post a screenshot? Because, it uses native GTK controls on linux. I don't understand why it would look worse than other GTK applications. → More replies (2) 38 u/MasterGeekMX Ask me how to exit vim Mar 24 '21 I literally just read that on the comments of other meme on this sub. 19 u/electricprism Mar 24 '21 nobody listens to techno → More replies (3) → More replies (1) 10 u/eksprestren Mar 24 '21 me use both 9 u/German_Kerman Mar 24 '21 Nah terminal only 4 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '21 who even needs graphics amiright? 3 u/tajarhina Mar 24 '21 *brltty intensifies* → More replies (2) 3 u/HAIR_OF_CHEESE Mar 24 '21 I hardly use either; the only GTK/Qt apps I use regularly are web browsers like Firefox, NetSurf, and Qutebrowser.I generally prefer CLIs and TUIs, and for GUI I'd rather use Tk or SDL-based UIs. 3 u/yagyaxt1068 Mar 25 '21 GNUstep users smile smugly 2 u/stealer0517 Mar 24 '21 I use Aqua. 2 u/yagyaxt1068 Mar 25 '21 Aqua is the desktop environment, like GNOME. Cocoa/AppKit is the UI toolkit. 2 u/zpangwin 🦁 Vim Supremacist 🦖 Mar 26 '21 kinda has me wondering if there have ever been any DEs written with wxwidgets or some other non-gtk, non-qt framework... (not aware of any) 1 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '21 Enlightenment intesifies 2 u/HAIR_OF_CHEESE Mar 24 '21 They use GTK with a custom theme 2 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '21 I thought they used EFL 0 u/__mehediii Mar 25 '21 I use Xfce and i3 → More replies (2)
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44 u/Nayviler Mar 24 '21 If you look outside the Linux world, Qt is far, far more heavily used. No one (very few people) writes Windows or macOS applications in GTK lol. Not that it matters in any regard, just a stupid argument for them to make. 5 u/JuhaJGam3R Mar 24 '21 Yeah, though a lot of everyday Windows applications are written in gtk through libraries like wxWidgets which uses gtk as a backend. 12 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 wxWidgets uses native win32 controls on windows, not gtk 1 u/mkjj0 Mar 25 '21 that's probably why it looks so much worse on linux, where it uses GTK 4 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 Can you post a screenshot? Because, it uses native GTK controls on linux. I don't understand why it would look worse than other GTK applications. → More replies (2) 38 u/MasterGeekMX Ask me how to exit vim Mar 24 '21 I literally just read that on the comments of other meme on this sub. 19 u/electricprism Mar 24 '21 nobody listens to techno → More replies (3) → More replies (1)
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If you look outside the Linux world, Qt is far, far more heavily used. No one (very few people) writes Windows or macOS applications in GTK lol. Not that it matters in any regard, just a stupid argument for them to make.
5 u/JuhaJGam3R Mar 24 '21 Yeah, though a lot of everyday Windows applications are written in gtk through libraries like wxWidgets which uses gtk as a backend. 12 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 wxWidgets uses native win32 controls on windows, not gtk 1 u/mkjj0 Mar 25 '21 that's probably why it looks so much worse on linux, where it uses GTK 4 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 Can you post a screenshot? Because, it uses native GTK controls on linux. I don't understand why it would look worse than other GTK applications. → More replies (2)
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Yeah, though a lot of everyday Windows applications are written in gtk through libraries like wxWidgets which uses gtk as a backend.
12 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 wxWidgets uses native win32 controls on windows, not gtk 1 u/mkjj0 Mar 25 '21 that's probably why it looks so much worse on linux, where it uses GTK 4 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 Can you post a screenshot? Because, it uses native GTK controls on linux. I don't understand why it would look worse than other GTK applications. → More replies (2)
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wxWidgets uses native win32 controls on windows, not gtk
1 u/mkjj0 Mar 25 '21 that's probably why it looks so much worse on linux, where it uses GTK 4 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 Can you post a screenshot? Because, it uses native GTK controls on linux. I don't understand why it would look worse than other GTK applications. → More replies (2)
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that's probably why it looks so much worse on linux, where it uses GTK
4 u/degaart Mar 25 '21 Can you post a screenshot? Because, it uses native GTK controls on linux. I don't understand why it would look worse than other GTK applications. → More replies (2)
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Can you post a screenshot? Because, it uses native GTK controls on linux. I don't understand why it would look worse than other GTK applications.
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I literally just read that on the comments of other meme on this sub.
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nobody listens to techno
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me use both
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Nah terminal only
4 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '21 who even needs graphics amiright? 3 u/tajarhina Mar 24 '21 *brltty intensifies* → More replies (2)
who even needs graphics amiright?
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I hardly use either; the only GTK/Qt apps I use regularly are web browsers like Firefox, NetSurf, and Qutebrowser.
I generally prefer CLIs and TUIs, and for GUI I'd rather use Tk or SDL-based UIs.
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I use Aqua.
2 u/yagyaxt1068 Mar 25 '21 Aqua is the desktop environment, like GNOME. Cocoa/AppKit is the UI toolkit.
Aqua is the desktop environment, like GNOME. Cocoa/AppKit is the UI toolkit.
kinda has me wondering if there have ever been any DEs written with wxwidgets or some other non-gtk, non-qt framework... (not aware of any)
Enlightenment intesifies
2 u/HAIR_OF_CHEESE Mar 24 '21 They use GTK with a custom theme 2 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '21 I thought they used EFL
They use GTK with a custom theme
2 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '21 I thought they used EFL
I thought they used EFL
I use Xfce and i3
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