The selling point of Ice (the underlying framework for libcosmic) is the cross-platform compatibility. Can I use libcosmic cross-plat as well, or is it more a specialisation of Ice for Linux with the clear focus on the Cosmic desktop? Would be cool to re-use some widget etc.

Never heard of it. I used the Rust book when I started learning it.

Is rust common in schools now or is it your personal interest that lets you use it?

What is missing in the existing ones?

Never used bstr. What was interesting about it?

Ah yes, compiles times. Off all the things that could be better in rust, my number 1.

Didn’t know that one. Thanks for sharing.

I get the feeling that there are much more game engines in rust, than games :P

I release a new version of https://kellnr.io with some bug fixes and updated Docker images (Ubuntu 24.04 base).

Or use https://kellnr.io to host your crates. It automatically builds the corresponding docs and hosts them for you. Disclaimer: I’m the author.

https://tauri.app/ is very popular and does not need electron. It uses the OS native we view.

The runtime is even called “common language runtime” (clr), as it is intended to support many different languages, which the jvm never was.

Done. I’m using KDE since 20 years. Keep up the good work!

I advocate for that since years. We need to normalize to pay for OSS. The biggest issue I see is not that people are unwilling to pay (donate) for the software they use daily, but the the payment itself is to complicated. There is not “the one” app store for OSS that every OS uses that makes donations easy. Additionally taking care of taxes for donations is too much of a burden, so the app store needs to handle that as well. And voila: You have the Apple App store or Android Play store.

Any advantages over distrobox? Sounds very similar.