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It says it's using Skia for Linux. I am wondering since Skia isn't bound to any platform, why not just use it for all platform?
by longstation 5y ago
It says it's using Skia for Linux. I am wondering since Skia isn't bound to any platform, why not just use it for all platform?
- kitsunesoba 5y agoI think probably because Linux has no true native UI toolkit, and the two that are closest (GTK and Qt) both bring their own sets of challenges that skew the cost:benefit ratio negative, while this isn’t true for the toolkits for other platforms. I have no involvement in this project however, so this is just speculation.
- JamesSwift 5y agoProbably because its origins are as a UWP-first framework which runs natively on platforms that support it. Skia for Linux was likely added on later to allow the original app to run on other platforms.