Re: Question about Akademy 2019 coverage

On 2019-09-21 22:04, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> 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.

Yes, M$ does a "good job" with counting stuff, given most users just 
consent to any
kind of tracking.

> 
>> 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.

Craft works for me here, to build Kate, but I think to use it to develop
Kate on Windows would be hard.

> 
>> 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...

I summarized a bit the current state of the union here:

https://cullmann.io/posts/kde-applications-on-windows/

(for sure, how I see it, not some objective view)

Greetings
Christoph

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