was wondering why there is so less attention on flutter in most linux mobil communities? i like the idea that people can work together on their favorite apps doesnt matter which os there are using. also its maybe a good chance to bring high quality software with bigger communities to linux mobile

  • Ephera
    10•2 years ago

    There’s probably also some reservations, because it’s made by Google.

    Google tends to discontinue things, which would be very bad for a UI framework.

    And lots of open-source / Linux folks care about privacy, which tends to be at odds with Google. So, even just having to visit some Google website to look at the Flutter documentation, may be enough to not have people volunteering to do that.

    • Sr Estegosaurio
      3•2 years ago

      I mean, simple mentioning Google will make some people just don’t care about it. As I understand

      • Ephera
        1•2 years ago

        Yeah, definitely. I’m one of those people. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        Like, I tried to provide some rational explanation as to why people might have those reservations, but at the end of the day, it’s my free time. I don’t owe anyone a rational explanation why I prefer contributing to (/ writing) project X over project Y.

  • poVoq
    8•2 years ago

    The Linux mobile space is a mess in app portability, even apps in qt that in theory could work on all major platforms are a mess to port due to different frameworks / design guidelines and versions of qt… and package distribution methods.

    I think Flutter is potentially a good way to write such cross-platform apps in the future, but right now it would only add to the mess I think.