Re: Question about Akademy 2019 coverage
Boudewijn Rempt <[email protected]>
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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... -- https://www.valdyas.org | https://www.krita.org