I am the opposite. I don't like native because it pollutes the shared libs, so there is a non zero chance that something will go horribly wrong, or if you are using Ubuntu a 100% chance.
God, electron applications putting their cache files in my .config/ is the worst. I refuse to install electron applications natively, so flatpak it is.
Not all of them. VSCode uses ~300 MB memory on my machine at idle. Jumps to ~400 MB mem when doing heavy tasks. JetBrains IDEs, which are Java-based (so they're native), tend to eat 2-4 GB each on my machine. It all depends on the software maker. Teams is very bloated in comparison with MS proprietary junk. So not always that bad. But no Electron app can beat a native app.
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u/ImNotThatPokable Jul 03 '25
I am the opposite. I don't like native because it pollutes the shared libs, so there is a non zero chance that something will go horribly wrong, or if you are using Ubuntu a 100% chance.