It's dependant on being able to run everything anyone could possibly need. "I don't use it, therfore it is not essential" is the kind of approach that's always made it niche.

Of course Adobe is still missing.

[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

My point was that a list of programs doesn't inherently determine whether or not Linux is a viable operating system, its viability varies based on each users workflow.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Spotify, Steam

Balena Etcher is a software crime though.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Steam UI uses chromium embedded framework which saves 50% of the ram and startup time.

[–] slappyfuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What’s wrong with balena etcher?

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s hundreds of megabytes for something that unetbootin, image writer, and others do in a couple of MBs.

[–] slappyfuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh dang, is that the overheard of the software framework it uses? I think that’s what this thread was about but I can’t remember.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, it’s built with electron. It’s a fancy web page and browser packaged as an app.