Re:Elementary OS is imploding
by ModernMech on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @10:58AM
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That’s surely a problem but I try to avoid closed source software for this very reason. Obviously there are a million and one ways closed source software can leave you high and dry, and static linking is one of those but really I think the operative word driving the sadness here is “closed” rather than “static”.
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Re:Elementary OS is imploding
by badsectoracula on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:53AM
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This can be an issue with open source programs as well from a practical perspective. For example let's say i modified Gtk to use a sane file dialog - i'd rather replace the system installed shared object once and have everything use it rather than recompile everything that uses Gtk.