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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux |
| Date | 2026-04-12 18:14 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <n425o2Fg76nU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <n407gtF6pv7U2@mid.individual.net> <RjCCR.100654$qZec.4110@fx45.iad> <10rfrqe$2er9p$7@dont-email.me> |
On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:23:10 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 12/04/2026 02:12, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On 2026-04-12, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: >> >>> While I am primarily a C programmer and mostly worked with Motif/Tk my >>> initial feeling was Gtk was incredibly ugly, and the was a few Gtks >>> ago. >> >> What little GUI puttering I've done in Linux was with GTK. >> I too am primarily a C programmer, and GTK was the only package that >> worked with straight C (i.e. not requiring C++). >> > I chose a different route, I program in javascript and CSS and run it > all under apache/php. > > With C backends underneath. > > Its justs simpler than faffing around with all the toolkits and widgets That works. However if you develop a full on Angular app it stops being simple.
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GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-12 00:32 +0000
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux anthk <anthk@disroot.org> - 2026-04-12 00:35 +0000
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-12 02:55 +0000
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-04-12 09:24 +0200
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-12 18:10 +0000
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-04-13 13:01 +0200
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-04-12 01:12 +0000
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-12 08:08 +0000
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-12 11:23 +0100
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-12 18:14 +0000
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-13 14:03 +0100
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-04-12 07:42 -0400
Re: GTK vs Qt: The Two Souls of Linux Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-04-12 13:08 +0000
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