RE: https://mastodon.social/@jimmac/115989543616930121

I maintain that while this app ecosystem shines best on GNOME (whether on a laptop, desktop, or phone), there would be a ton of value in getting it in front of Android users; a long-term path towards them actually using Linux on mobile once it’s ready for “normies.”

Getting these apps on Android feels far more urgent to me than getting Android apps on Linux phones today.

#GNOME #OpenSource #Linux #LinuxMobile

Show existing Android users there’s a better ecosystem out there. Get them to appreciate the consistency, simplicity, and respect for them that these apps have. They’ll start preferring these apps over the ad-filled design sin horrors that plague the Google Play store.

And then eventually when they have the opportunity to use Linux on mobile, all these apps will just be there, too—it would greatly lower the switching cost.

@cassidy I wonder if it's possible to port the gtk app to Android
@bender GTK itself has an Android backend now, but I'm not sure how hard/easy it actually is to build and package a typical GNOME app for Android.
@cassidy @bender I did not know that! That makes this a much more realistic goal
@McNeely @cassidy @bender here is the talk on the last linux apl summit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Gom2oQh50&t=4
GTK apps on Android | Matthias Clasen & Florian Leander Singer @ LAS 2025

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