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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by HoldOnAMinute on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:15PM (#50382360)
There were cross-platform C/C++ libraries in the late 80's to early 90's like Visix Galaxy. However, it was not free - far from it.

We developed on Windows NT and deployed onto HP/UX and Solaris.

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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by nottorp on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:17PM (#50383171)
Uh Qt is still around. Licensing might be as bad as this Visix Galaxy though these days.
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