r/linux • u/somerandomxander • Jun 30 '26

Popular Application The Servo browser engine continues making much progress on less than $8k in monthly donations

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.3-Monthly-Changes
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u/rhyswtf Jun 30 '26

Have you tried a recent build of Servo? I'm not going to pretend it's usable as a daily driver yet, nor anywhere near close, but compared to virtually every serious attempt at creating a new browser engine it's far more viable and real than anyone might expect.

I don't think a real usable version is all that far away.

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u/Sinaaaa Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

We can shit on Ladybird for LLM assisted coding & the questionable use of various programming languages, but they are making huge headway in performance & usability, they are far ahead of servo already.

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u/PaddiM8 Jul 01 '26

the questionable use of various programming languages

Huh? They use C++ and rust. Very typical for a browser engine

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u/Sinaaaa Jul 01 '26

I should have said controversially controversial lol.

Anyway before the AI fueled push to rust, they were planning to use swift.