Hi
I am not a disgrunted Linux user. I do not speak for myself because, thanks to the brilliancy of eschwartz's work, I can use right now the latest and greatest version of Sigil 0.9.6. on ArchLinux (screenshot). However some years ago, the need to compile this complex piece of software kept me a long time away from Sigil and I think it's a pity.
I read these last weeks some news about new flavours of "universal" binaries in the Linux world (though these projects are months or even years old).
1. - LibreOffice, with Red Hat backing produced a flatpak version, though it still seem to suffer from some deficiencies compared to the "official" one (among them, for me, no Java support).
2. - Ubuntu drummed up the arrival of snap packages and even announced that they would be available for some other distros. I noted - for the time being - no support for Nvidia proprietary drivers.
3. - AppImages have been around for some time. They catched my attention when I downloaded quite a complex graphical piece of software packaged with this format (you can see me coming :) ) named Krita.
Krita is at the level of Gimp or Inkscape but up to now, despite its recognized technical qualities, if you wished to use it, you had to install half a ton of KDE dependencies which was frankly off-putting. Now I have been able to make do with a basic 75 MB install, which seems a fair size for a first time install. It runs fine on ArchLinux as a standalone application. No need for any previous software.
Forgive me because I am absolutely not a technician but I can't help thinking that if Sigil followed Krita's path, it would certainly make life easier for many Linux users.
I am not a disgrunted Linux user. I do not speak for myself because, thanks to the brilliancy of eschwartz's work, I can use right now the latest and greatest version of Sigil 0.9.6. on ArchLinux (screenshot). However some years ago, the need to compile this complex piece of software kept me a long time away from Sigil and I think it's a pity.
I read these last weeks some news about new flavours of "universal" binaries in the Linux world (though these projects are months or even years old).
1. - LibreOffice, with Red Hat backing produced a flatpak version, though it still seem to suffer from some deficiencies compared to the "official" one (among them, for me, no Java support).
2. - Ubuntu drummed up the arrival of snap packages and even announced that they would be available for some other distros. I noted - for the time being - no support for Nvidia proprietary drivers.
3. - AppImages have been around for some time. They catched my attention when I downloaded quite a complex graphical piece of software packaged with this format (you can see me coming :) ) named Krita.
Krita is at the level of Gimp or Inkscape but up to now, despite its recognized technical qualities, if you wished to use it, you had to install half a ton of KDE dependencies which was frankly off-putting. Now I have been able to make do with a basic 75 MB install, which seems a fair size for a first time install. It runs fine on ArchLinux as a standalone application. No need for any previous software.
Forgive me because I am absolutely not a technician but I can't help thinking that if Sigil followed Krita's path, it would certainly make life easier for many Linux users.