Joe posted on 07.05.2023 | 19:40:
New found popularity
It is very disappointing to see that your cool screensaver has new found popularity all due to a Linux user showing off how to run your ancient screensaver under Linux and yet you come out with new updated versions of it and don't make a Linux version. Yeah, thanks Linux community for bringing new life to our screensaver...now piss off.
3 years ago when Chris Titus first showed this off I installed it on my Manjaro KDE Laptop right away. Now years later I have had a new laptop for over two years now but had forgotten about this as I had moved on to flying toasters. A recent system update reset my screensaver and I decided to try the lcars again only to discover I never reinstalled it. I came to download a new copy and was pleasantly surprised (at first) to discover you were working on it again. It was short lived excitement when I discovered you just ignored all of us in the Linux community.
I understand this is free and you don't have to do anything but how hard would it have been to do a Linux port? If you can code for both Windows and MacOS you would seem to have the skills required to port it to Linux. For now I have downloaded the classic version and it is working under Wine just as before. It's pretty disappointing though to see Linux get the cold shoulder though. The Linux kernel runs the majority of the worlds smartphones, single board computers like the Rasberry pi, the majority of the servers that run the entire internet and even hundreds of thousands of Valves SteamDeck gaming handhelds yet where is the love on the desktop?
*** Linux and *** you!! If you want it so bad port it yourself!! It’s kinda ***ed up that you get something for free but you have to complain why it’s not tailored for your needs!!