On 2020-02-07 20:52, Henri Beauchamp wrote: > [rant] > You can thank LL for not providing support for Linux; while they > benefit > for free from all the work done by GNU/Linux developers and while SL > won't even exist without their work (especially on the server side of > things, but even the viewer is using a shitload of Open Source > components > that have been primarily developed under and for GNU/Linux). > That's how LL is repaying the Open Source community when they could > just "devote" one developer to simply reuse the work TPV developers did > for Linux, and provide a Linux supported viewer. > > Hell ! I've been maintaining (and vastly improving) my own viewer (and > not just for Linux) for the past 13 years, alone, and only on part of > my > sparse free time: don't tell me a programmer at LL cannot maintain a > Linux viewer: all what it would take them (once their viewer is brought > on par with TPVs' Linux support) is just a couple of hours of work *per > week* ! > [/rant]
Agreed 100% Though I have given up hope of LL ever changing their stance (based on some recent events). I wont say anymore because the temptation to also start a rant of my own on the subject is there. I think you pretty much covered it. Maybe one day pigs will fly and LL will go back to providing a Linux viewer. A. _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
