alt Hacker NewsI currently have 35 apps "open" on my iPhone, most of which are probably React Native or similar.
Other times I'm sure I've hit 60-70.
Because of iOS's app management feature, most of the apps are actually dead, but if I go back and open any of them, they will open and load on the screen on which I left them.
Android does this too.
Desktop Linux cannot.
Can I open 60-70 or even 35 Electron apps simultaneously on 8GB of RAM on Linux?
And no, I do not want to to back to closing apps, that is simply an inferior experience.
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adrian_b • today at 7:32 AM
These are things that would be easy to solve in Linux.
What is difficult is e.g. supporting the undocumented photo/video camera and other essential parts of the hardware that lack documentation.
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> they will open and load on the screen on which I left them.
You can't be serious. Browsers can't even remember the most trivial of things - a tiny html page, retaining reading position, forcing a reload. Of course many apps are no better (though some do try, just like on the desktop) And it's especially worse with user input that just gets lost
> And no, I do not w to to back to closing apps, that is simply an inferior experience.
Ctrl+Q to close and a shortcut to open or is a faster and more convenient than swiping around. As is typing an app's name on a real keyboard. Tapping "desktop" icon is arguably better, though, that a mouse click