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Gtk to Qt - a strange journey [linux.conf.au 2014]

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What it is

Dirk Hohndel explains why the Subsurface dive log project migrated from Gtk to Qt, the obstacles encountered, and advice for other applications frustrated with Gtk. It is a linux.conf.au 2014 talk.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Go-to reference in GTK versus Qt debates, valued for a candid account from experienced developers who tried both toolkits.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “One of the best discussions on the subject, made by old hackers, but new guys to GUI programming, who tried both”

    Experienced hackers new to GUI work compare both toolkits

    Sammi, 2014-10 · Strong recommendation · in “KDE makes Qt”

  2. “This presentation convinced me”

    Convincing case that GTK is mainly a GNOME toolkit

    matheusmoreira, 2021-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Use Alacritty instead of Termite”

  3. “There's a fantastic talk from Dirk Hohndel last year about how much pain he's gone through”

    Pain of building and publishing a Linux GUI app

    tdicola, 2015-04 · Recommendation · in “How long since Google said a Google Drive Linux client is coming?”

  4. “Thank you for posting this, it's nice to see that someone already had most of my feelings.”

    Resonates with commenter's own feelings about GTK

    znpy, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “RHEL is deprecating KDE”

  5. “This video is about the reasons Subsurface (a diving app started by Linus Torvalds) changed from GTK to Qt.”

    Reasons Subsurface changed from GTK to Qt

    simion314, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “GTK has a new website”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: qt, gtk, subsurface, gui toolkits, cross-platform, linux

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