Re: Question about Akademy 2019 coverage

Boudewijn Rempt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.events
Message-ID <3101256.GBkZtCXUqD__17531.4721813024$1569096291$gmane$org@sebe>
On zaterdag 21 september 2019 21:23:59 CEST Christoph Cullmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think there are only a few Windows users of KDE applications beside Krita/GCompris/...,
> but not because they look out of place but more because they are not easily available.

I'm only reporting what I heard at that sprint. I do know that about 1.2 million distinct windows systems start krita any given month -- apparently, Microsoft keeps a count for us.

> I think our current effort to bring more of our stuff to the Windows 
> Store might change that.
> 
> Thought at the moment I am still first learning e.g. how to compile
> the stuff there with craft and from a develop perspective that at the 
> moment seems to be harder than needed.

Yes, building our stuff on Windows is hard, harder than on Linux, if you use distribution-provided dependencies. If you use flatpak or kdesrc-build or craft, it's just as hard. Craft, btw, has never worked for me.

> Actually, I think, there is a large market for our applications on 
> Windows, and I don't think staying away from let's say 90% of the desktop 
> computer users because they use some OS we don't love is a good idea.

Yeah...

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