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Re:Libghostty Is Coming
on Thursday September 25, 2025 @08:12AM (#45371895)
What an odd sentiment from someone who supposedly values explicit, declarative, total control over their OS configuration, and not just the rolling-latest-and-greatest.
and p.s., way to take a neutrally stated, perfectly reasonable preference of system usage and make it personal.
Re:Libghostty Is Coming
on Thursday September 25, 2025 @04:52AM (#45370661)
Not omni-platform if you have macOS < 13. It's the author's prerogative to set minimum requirements, of course, but for something "basic" (note the quotes) like a terminal emulator, not having far-reaching backwards platform compatibility is a deal-breaker for many. Life's hard enough for macOS users who don't want to upgrade the OS every 6 months and/or replace hardware every 2 years. For people like me who prefer to run their systems as purchased until the hardware fails, the "move forward or get left behind" upgrade mentality is very troublesome.
Hopefully libghostty will be much more permissive. No dependencies (not even libC) is a good sign that will be true.
(written on a 2018 macbook pro running macOS 10.14.6, which still works great in every way)