@JoshStrobl Where do you get your #DRM free music to show in those 'Koto Development' streams?
@sudo Music from my streams are typically via Spotify and thus not DRM free. Koto only got to a point a couple days ago where I could start "dogfooding" it with my own local music.
@JoshStrobl It's nice to see that Koto's design has taken into account those who are trying to migrate away from Spotify. I am excited to see its first release. As for DRM-free music, have you considered Amazon and iTunes?
@sudo I covered some of this in https://joshuastrobl.com/2021/01/25/dev-diary-1-koto-foundations/
@JoshStrobl Awesome! When do you expect to release the first version of Koto? I can't wait! 😀
@sudo Hard to say, still plenty of work to do.
@JoshStrobl That's cool. I am curious, though. Do you expect to use Koto as the default music player on Solus?
@sudo I'm not going to put the cart before the horse. I'd like it to be the default but it should be judged fairly, independently and based on the merits of the software, its functionality, and our package inclusion policy. 🙂
@JoshStrobl Is there a reason why you chose to go with GTK over Qt for Koto? Which one do you think is better for Linux application development?
@JoshStrobl Isn't Qt better, though? After all, it is supported by a commercial organization and has more widespread developer support.
@sudo Whether Qt is better is entirely subjective. Better for who? I don't see how Qt's commercialization helps me (in reality, it actually has repeatedly harmed KDE and people have had to basically lash out against the Qt project). "Widestream developer support" isn't meaningful to me either, there is a not so insignificant amount of libraries written in C (not to mention the kernel) or Rust (which export C bindings via cbindgen) that I'm able to use.
@JoshStrobl What about the quality of tools, though? I tried Glade a few times but it is a little rough around the edges. I don't have any experience with QtDesigner but I expect it to be better as it is part of their main offering. There is also the problem of how fractured GTK designs themselves are. As someone who is also just starting out, I am confused as to whether I should adhere to GNOME's HIG, Elementary's HIG or disregard them both.
@sudo I don't use Glade, I wouldn't use QtDesigner either, so don't really care about the quality of those tools.
@sudo I prefer C over C++ and the design of most GTK applications over Qt.