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Kagi is Porting its Orion Web Browser to Linux (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 11 months ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34484204

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good luck making a Linux user switch to a new proprietary browser.

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Is Orion open-source?

We’re working on it! We’ve begun with some of our components and intend to open more in the future.

Forking WebKit, porting hundreds of APIs and writing a browser app from scratch has been challenging for our small team. Properly maintaining an open-source project takes time and resources we’re short on at the moment, so if you want to contribute at this time, please consider becoming active on orionfeedback.org.

Let's see...

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

pretty sure it's like all those projects that say that and never do it, iirc they've had that thing in their faq for years

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Properly maintaining an open-source project takes time and resources

But why not make it source available? They most likely already use git, so they just need to port it to github. Its not like they would need to review a bunch of merge requests, since they are source available only.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"The saying goes “if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” —unless open-source, I tend to add if I hear someone say it! Alas, Mozilla’s recent faux-pas suggests that even noble projects aren’t immune to the shiny glint of ick."

...I don't know if we should embrace proprietary like that just because "firefox did it".

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Built on webkit? I might have to check it out if they open source it.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub 8 points 11 months ago

GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) is also based on WebKit. You might want to check that out as well.

[–] theLaLiLuLeLol@kbin.earth -1 points 11 months ago

Cool, I didn't know they had a browser!