First Look: GitHub Desktop

Posted by jdkanani on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @04:54AM
from the desktop.github.com dept.

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Re:First Look: GitHub Desktop by hohenheim on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @05:32AM (#9883699)

And no Linux support. I wonder why. Is it because everyone is happy with CLI?

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Re:First Look: GitHub Desktop by HatersGunnaHate on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @05:43AM (#9883739)

If it's built on Electron, there's no reason not to support Linux. Perhaps they plan to add it later.

Either that or they just don't think Linux deserves a GitHub GUI client.

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Re:First Look: GitHub Desktop by dchest on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @05:44AM (#9883744)

It's not based on Electron, looks like just a continuation of the code base they had, so no easy Linux version.

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Re:First Look: GitHub Desktop by podgib on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @05:37AM (#9883713)

What's the chances that this is built on Electron?

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Re:First Look: GitHub Desktop by dchest on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @05:43AM (#9883736)

None. (At least the Mac version is not built on Electron.)

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Re:First Look: GitHub Desktop by podgib on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @06:26AM (#9883870)

Fair enough. I've only seen the splash page. Surprises me somewhat given that they now have a solid cross-platform shell for 'native' web-based apps.

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Re:First Look: GitHub Desktop by GordonS on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @06:42AM (#9883913)

Not even a screenshot?!

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