Post APCj46A8zRLB393TPc by ranfdev@linuxrocks.online
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 (DIR) Post #APCZKeh9MszxF2kXUe by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2022-11-02T18:37:19.355713Z
       
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       > see bitwarden on fossjobs> wait isn't that thing proprietary?> (A)GPL code with enterprise bits being "source-available"> m'kay> gentoo only has app-admin/bitwarden-desktop-bin> wait…> Client is a massive chunk of electron
       
 (DIR) Post #APCZfpJ76gvuEibNom by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2022-11-02T18:41:09.586205Z
       
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       Arch seems to have it more or less from source, I guess because they're one of the very rare distro with a package for electron.
       
 (DIR) Post #APCZrqXOMI1JWk0o0O by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2022-11-02T18:43:18.267634Z
       
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       NixOS doesn’t, they litterally grab an *-amd64.deb https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/tools/security/bitwarden/default.nix
       
 (DIR) Post #APCaumQADiPvaBasgi by alcinnz@floss.social
       2022-11-02T18:52:22Z
       
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       @lanodan This isn't something you'd often hear from me, but it makes sense for the client to use Electron!The key appeal of a password manager is cross-platform support, and the most important platforms they need to support are browser extensions (since browsers don't have enough OS-integration here...). In browser extensions you're stuck writing JavaScript, so...
       
 (DIR) Post #APCaumwmGSVNDKqvWS by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2022-11-02T18:54:27.590280Z
       
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       @alcinnz Problem isn't really electron, even though I'd much prefer Qt for doing something cross-platform.It's the 2.83MB package-lock.json file.
       
 (DIR) Post #APCc9NRnSCUoQTsk3k by sn0w@cofe.rocks
       2022-11-02T19:09:17.277649Z
       
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       @lanodan if you think that's wild try hosting the backend :blobcatmeltcry: wonderful mess of scripts that download other scripts, MSSQL, and mandatory license keys even for the free version
       
 (DIR) Post #APCj46A8zRLB393TPc by ranfdev@linuxrocks.online
       2022-11-02T20:24:57Z
       
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       @lanodan @alcinnz that's why we need compression at the disk level. \s
       
 (DIR) Post #APCj488RejAbASH92e by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2022-11-02T20:26:22.073789Z
       
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       @ranfdev @alcinnz I wish it could work that way for auditing…