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Vlad I would be willing to kick in some money towards that but not $100 as I am only a hobbyist Linux user these days.

    Vlad I'd be willing to kick something in, and $100 is definitely in the ballpark that I think I could talk myself into. Would personally feel more sanguine about larger donations and ongoing subs once the project is ready to open source, though.

    (I understand the project has its reasons for holding off on open sourcing, and am not trying to distract from this thread's topic)

        Bit late in the game, but as a KDE user, I'd still prefer to use a Gnome/GTK version with Webkit over Blink. Mainly to keep the same underlying engine as its macOS counterpart.

          hawdini

          Same way I am. I use both, but most browsers fail to follow system themes anyway. So, whatever makes it easier to port over. I have seen the problems browsers like Arc have had trying to port to Windows and using an entirely different engine.

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              I wouldn't be able to tip 100$ but I would tip in time to time to keep supporting it, or I could just sub to plus.

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                Vlad

                For developing a browser on Linux, I highly recommend considering Igalia. They are an open source consultancy with extensive experience in browser technologies. Notably, they developed WPE WebKit, an optimized version of WebKit for embedded systems. Their expertise in web engines and contributions to major browser projects make them an excellent choice for your Linux browser development needs.

                If you contact them you can get an estimated budget to give you an idea of ​​how much it might cost to create a version of Orion for Linux.

                https://www.igalia.com/contact/
                https://www.igalia.com/technology/browsers
                https://wpewebkit.org/

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                  Vlad Any news on this? Leaning one way or the other?

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                      clintre Only 7 people out of 85 say they would chip in for a kickstarter, and this is the hard core userbase we are talking about here. That does not give a lot of confidence to go in and spend significant resources setting it up. We will focus on Mac for the time being and start thinking about Linux version when opportunity shows (will be triggered by either growth of Orion paid members or Kagi paid members)

                          Vlad Unfortunately that is what I figured. I can always hope, though.

                          I will tell you this, if you can get closer to the number you will need, you can count me in to cover $400.

                          Thanks for the reply

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                              I would use Orion for Linux as long as it doesn't use anything that starts with Chrom....
                              As far as a Kickstarter goes, I guess it just depends on the timing and if there was going to be a completely new engine or not.. Latching onto https://servo.org would be a win IMHO.

                                It is a bummer that this doesn't look like it is going to happen. Actually started using Kagi to hopefully help fund things like this. Probably time to move on, but totally understand from a business perspective.

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