Charles PerrySep 10, 2025

I see a lot of grumbling about Tahoe. The icons suck. Liquid glass doesn’t work on the desktop. Etc. If you need Xcode for your job, you’re stuck and you have my sympathy. But if you don’t need Mac-only software, you should really give Linux a chance.

I know. Insert your own “Linux on the desktop” joke here. But if you haven’t checked Linux out in a few years, it’s come a long way. No, its design sensibilities aren’t on par with the Mac of 10 years ago, but neither are Apple’s today. #macOS

Show threadSteven WoolgarSep 10, 2025

@DazeEnd @fahrni how do you make money making software and selling it on Linux?

I’m not being facetious, it is a serious question.

Show threadRob Fahrni

@woolie @DazeEnd Probably doing service type stuff. Backend service with a web client.

At Pelco we built turnkey hardware for monitoring lots of video cameras. Custom hardware with embedded Linux and our custom UI.

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Show threadSteven WoolgarSep 10, 2025

@fahrni @DazeEnd but that isn’t consumer software though. That market is well established.

I can’t stand X11 based UI and Wayland seems to have huge holes in terms of accessibility.

I’m not complaining about Linux so much as looking for a way to switch.