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Pro@programming.dev to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 5 days ago

Actually, what is a Freedesktop Portal?

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Actually, what is a Freedesktop Portal?

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Pro@programming.dev to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 5 days ago
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Getting complex Linux applications to work in the same way across many setups seems tricky at first, but all you need to do is “think with portals”.
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  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in
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    It’s important to note that not all portals are implemented on all desktop environments. You can see this as a reference table: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Desktop_Portal#List_of_backends_and_interfaces

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      You also use the portal helper from another DE though.

      For example, the Niri Wayland compositor, written in Rust with Smithay, uses xdg-desktop-portal-gnome (which I imagine is written in C).

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    We don’t have windows, so we had to make do with this interdimensional portal.

  • Lemmchen@feddit.org
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    That was actually very informative. Thank you.

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    try the archive https://web.archive.org/web/20250613134705/https://thelibre.news/actually-what-is-a-freedesktop-portal/

    whoever configured thelibre web server should be replaced, at the very least. loads as if it’s on the dark side of the moon.

    edit: cool article though

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