4mo ago

Kagi is Porting its Orion Web Browser to Linux

www.omgubuntu.co.uk

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34484204

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Good luck making a Linux user switch to a new proprietary browser.
- Is Orion open-source?
  We’re working on it! We’ve begun with some of our components and intend to open more in the future.
  Forking WebKit, porting hundreds of APIs and writing a browser app from scratch has been challenging for our small team. Properly maintaining an open-source project takes time and resources we’re short on at the moment, so if you want to contribute at this time, please consider becoming active on orionfeedback.org.
  Let's see...
  
  pretty sure it's like all those projects that say that and never do it, iirc they've had that thing in their faq for years
  
  Properly maintaining an open-source project takes time and resources
  But why not make it source available? They most likely already use git, so they just need to port it to github. Its not like they would need to review a bunch of merge requests, since they are source available only.
"The saying goes “if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” —unless open-source, I tend to add if I hear someone say it! Alas, Mozilla’s recent faux-pas suggests that even noble projects aren’t immune to the shiny glint of ick."
...I don't know if we should embrace proprietary like that just because "firefox did it".
Built on webkit? I might have to check it out if they open source it.
- GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) is also based on WebKit. You might want to check that out as well.
Cool, I didn't know they had a browser!
Who cares?
- People who want more non-Chromium browser choices after the recent Firefox controversy?
  
  But Kagi is going to run on the webkit engine, right?
  
  Proprietary from a garbage company, I'll pass

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Is Orion open-source?