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Which distro would you want to see more software developed for? Ubuntu Touch, Droidian, or PostMarketOS? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by pirate2377@lemmy.zip to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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Since I'm going to switch to Linux Mobile soon after Android gets locked down, I was also considering getting involved in developing software for it since I imagine one major problem is the lack of support. However, I'm not sure which distro to daily drive or develop for, so I was curious what the community thinks.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honest opinion for developers; use Qt's QML, ts highly portable, it can run in any Linux mobile base (Ubuntu Touch, SailfishOS, and KDE use it as the UI library), best example is Amazfish, and Quickddit, you can also use any language you want, although if you want to be minimal, QML allows in-file JavaScript, but there are plenty of bindings for Qt.

Dude. Breathe. When you don't write pauses - periods - into what you're saying, all that comma splice can sound like the kid talking about his favourite kind of dinosaur.

Otherwise, an excellent opinion.

[–] Solrac@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh I wrote that with absolutely no sleep whatsoever 😅

[–] wyrmkeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

For what its worth, I always kind of enjoy the "kid excited about his favorite dinosaur" text writing--i find it charming when people are excited about things and read it as such!