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Re:RIP Google Reader by cacarr on Thursday March 25, 2021 @08:36PM (#26587541)
Not that many people who use Linux are clamoring for it, but it's interesting that GitHub does not provide an official desktop app for Linux -- even though it's a frickin Electron all. And that's totally GitHub's doing.

Meanwhile, at the parent company, Microsoft offets VS Code for Linux. And it's nice.

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Re:RIP Google Reader by markogresak on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:15AM (#26589239)
You can get it on linux: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-desktop-bin/ (mentioned in the official docs) or https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop.

What I dislike about Linux in general is how often the mentality for an app is “you’re using Linux, just find the repository and figure out how to get the release to your system or build it yourself”.

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Re:RIP Google Reader by DocTomoe on Friday March 26, 2021 @04:53AM (#26590018)
Why would I need an "official desktop app" for anything, if I got a perfectly good git, and with git being perfectly integrated in modern IDEs (should I need a more GUI approach?)
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Re:RIP Google Reader by IgniteTheSun on Sunday March 28, 2021 @11:45AM (#26611277)
I found active bookmarks in Firefox to meet my needs before they removed that feature. I don't remember Google Reader all that well and I'm wondering how it was different than other RSS readers. For example, Akregator is commonly available today. (I remember that Google Reader could aggregate more than just RSS feeds, but I don't remember exactly what.)
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