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The Servo browser engine continues making much progress on less than $8k in monthly donations (www.phoronix.com)
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[-] mmmm@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 weeks ago

Not only glad that Servo is moving forward despite getting so little, but that there's hope in it and people want it to succeed.

On the other hand is still sad that it gets so little. The Linux Foundation has a tremendous amount of fundings and give nothing to it or even the kernel development. The Mozilla CEO earns millions and they can't give a single cent to it and abandoned it to its own luck.

I just hope Servo becomes big and kicks them in the ass, Chrome included, because they rightfully deserve it.

[-] DeckPacker@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, what's up with that? I know, that Mozilla is hopelessly corrupt, but what about the Linux Foundation?

[-] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

The Linux Foundation funds tons of very important OSS projects, but they can't fund everything. Kernel development is not really hurting for money.

[-] comrademiao@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t get servo after reading more. It looks like it was a Mozilla side projected over ten years ago that got cancelled but now some team is managIng it. Running it, it seems to barely do anything.

Would be nice to have an alternative that isn’t the questionable Ladybird.

[-] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

I think they are initially trying to be easily embeddable to things like IOT devices, TVs and applications that just need a webview rather than a full blown desktop browser. Something developers can easily add to their projects.

It won't be taking over Firefox or chrome anytime soon but it's a start.

[-] comrademiao@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

that makes more sense

[-] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

What’s questionable about Ladybird?

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

The devs likely being piece of shits and the questionable big donors

[-] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Very specific reasons

[-] comrademiao@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

why link to that random (?) blog and not their own dev blog?

[-] SirActionSack@aussie.zone 22 points 2 weeks ago

Phoronix is one of if not the largest Linux focused sites. It's much more likely to get and handle traffic than a developer's page.

[-] comrademiao@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

interesting, never popped into my feeds before

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip -5 points 2 weeks ago

It'll get traffic if people keep linking to it instead of þe original source.

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