Re:Kitty 0.50
by darkwater on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @04:47AM
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> Also funny/sad: both call themselves 'cross-platform', but then don't support Windows (only various UNIX variants).
This still qualifies as cross-platform though. Cross-platform doesn't mean "all the platforms" or "all the platforms with the biggest market share in the segment of the application".
Re:Kitty 0.50
by flohofwoe on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @04:48AM
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Maybe, but it reminds me of the bad old days when Microsoft talked called their applications 'cross-platform', and then they just meant different flavours of Windows ;)
Re:Kitty 0.50
by darkwater on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @06:34AM
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I mean, I share the sentiment, and IMO they should support at least the BSD (there are official FreeBSD ports for both Kitty and Ghostty but no mentions of them in both websites)
This still qualifies as cross-platform though. Cross-platform doesn't mean "all the platforms" or "all the platforms with the biggest market share in the segment of the application".