Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes

Re:Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes by mherrmann on Thursday December 13, 2018 @03:32PM (#18675791)

I do feel like I am showing people how to create a Linux GUI. After all, they do end up with a GUI.

I already have a few other articles targeting other key words, and I feel the unique contribution of this one (and the latest version of fbs, which this one aims to spread the word about) is a much better solution for ... Linux GUI programming. But I'll keep in mind what you said. I'm still pretty new to SEO.

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Re:Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes by purerandomness on Thursday December 13, 2018 @06:02PM (#18676951)

SEO or not, the disappointment comes from expecting one thing, and then getting another.

When I clicked on the title, I expected to learn about how to create a Linux GUI. This article did not, in any way, shape or form, teach me anything about how to create a Linux GUI. It introduces a tool which solves a problem I'm not sure I'm having, related to packaging (why would I care, it's the distributor's job anyway, no one using Linux should ever have to download an installer manually, ever)

SEO is not about promisig something, making them click, and then giving people something completely different. It's about targeting the needs of a group that has a particular pain, and addressing them well.

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Re:Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes by subway on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:08PM (#18676139)

No. You are showing people how to copypasta some GUI code from an article.

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Re:Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes by aflag on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:08PM (#18676134)

It's quite clickbaity. I clicked on it and I was disappointed.

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Re:Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes by mherrmann on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:13PM (#18676168)

I'm sorry. dang (the moderator) has since changed the title. (I can't change it any more now.) Hopefully it's better.

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Re:Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:23PM (#18676271)

A better title might have been "package a standalone PyQT GUI application in minutes".

I like that the project supports AppImage. I don't suppose fman supports displaying AppImage icons? I've been keeping my eye out for any filemanager that does.

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Re:Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes by alxlaz on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:52PM (#18676469)

I guess it's better, but I'm with AnIdiotOnTheNet on this one :-). Packaging is definitely something important, and definitely not something that we ought to be looking down upon. Why avoid calling it by its name?

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