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recommendations for desktop Lemmy client? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by Amongussussyballs100@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Looking for a Lemmy client for my desktop, archlinux. Was hoping for a good community recommendation and preferably open source.

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, this is not a PWA system but an SSB implementation. In the context of this thread it's fine since Lemmy is useless without Internet connection, so why bother with persistent local storage and not just rely on browser cache?

On Linux you can create a simple .desktop file and place it where your system can load it. It will be automatically placed in places where your other application's desktop files are shown. On Windows you can create a shortcut and change the shortcut's icon and place the shortcut file wherever you want.

I use this technique on my private Linux machines as well as on my work laptop (Windows 10).

[–] rollingflower@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 7 months ago

Persistent local storage is a question of scale. For example having old posts and comments cached, or the entire UI. It would just load faster and save tons of duplicated data that is always the same but downloaded over and over again.

Yes I know how to create the entry. Not sure about the menu chapter, but these are very possible.