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Is Asahi Linux alive?

They just posted a progress report this month. Seems very much alive.

If I remember correctly, in old UNIX desktop environments apps still ran after closing the last app window.

This is not a macOS issue, it’s an app developer issue. If the app developer likes the behavior that the app still runs after closing the last app window, this is how the app will act. Some newer Apple apps close the application when the window is closed.

This is the appropriate behavior if and only if the app has only one “main” window (e.g., System Preferences).

So then why is it so common on MacOS?

because that’s how it used to be on older versions of OSX and older Macs. There’s a lot of inertia because launching a program to read files off a disk and load them into memory was more costly timewise in those days so e.g. having Photoshop open and loaded even if you didn’t have a picture open you didn’t want to have to wait for the program to open unless you really were done with photo editing.

To switch the app/window closing behavior… there is an API for that.

On macOS only the dock can be moved to the side. The application menu (left) and the statusbar menu (right) will always be on top of the screen. Which makes sense to me.

Nah, there are many languages ignored or even despised by those dev celebs.

> yours has zero value

Yours didn't bring much as well, so I suppose value isn't strictly required.

Good point.

BTW: Your reply made me laugh so hard… I loved it.

Thanks.

Yep, Loop does all I need and is not in my way.

Garrison Hinson-Hasty is writing a book about a programming language that is still in flux seems a little bit… hasty. Sorry, couldn’t resist…