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Re:Electron 7.0 by mshroyer on Thursday October 24, 2019 @03:02PM (#21348034)
> But Electron has brought true cross-platform development to all platforms (Including Linux!).

Only if we restrict "all platforms" to mean Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Building and porting Electron appears to be a horrific experience [1], which limits its cross-platform utility. It's only recently that someone pulled the heroics of getting Electron 4 (!) into FreeBSD ports; I still can't run VS Code on OpenBSD.

Meanwhile I've yet to encounter an OS with an X11 display where I can't run a Qt app. So I certainly wouldn't hold Electron up as a paragon of cross-platform support.

[1] https://deftly.net/posts/2017-06-01-measuring-the-weight-of-...

Re:Electron 7.0 by bitwize on Thursday October 24, 2019 @03:30PM (#21348338)
> Only if we restrict "all platforms" to mean Windows, macOS, and Linux.

"It's cross-platform! It works on Windows 95 and Windows NT!"

Re:Electron 7.0 by nercht12 on Thursday October 24, 2019 @04:23PM (#21348773)
Come on, guys. Don't downvote him. He was being funny. X) Along those lines, we can say anything made for ChristOS is definitely cross-platform. XD (There's a double pun in that one if you know Greek.)
Re:Electron 7.0 by bitwize on Thursday October 24, 2019 @04:30PM (#21348823)
I actually saw statements to that effect in popular computer media in the 90s. So I wasn't just being funny.
Re:Electron 7.0 by hollerith on Thursday October 24, 2019 @03:33PM (#21348367)
You might already know of this option, but if your interest in Electron is limited to running vscode on OpenBSD, there are many offerings, both proprietary and open-source, that offer "hosted" vscode where "hosted" means accessible over the net via an ordinary browser.

(One offering whose name escapes me has the restriction that it is impossible to develop a vscode extension using the offering.)