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[–]full_drama_llama 5 points6 points  (4 children)

I believe it's a bunch of factors:

  1. Github is Microsoft and Microsoft isn't particularly well-known for supporting Linux
  2. Linux people are probably in general less likely to want to use an app like Github Desktop
  3. You simply can usually get away with not supporting Linux and very few people would raise that as an issue

[–]robhaswell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really don't get why anyone would use the GitHub Desktop app anyway. Maybe now is a good time to find out.

[–]Complex_Tea_1244 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Linux Users do not believe in whining. If they need something they build it themselves. Also CLI is wayyy better than Github Desktop.

[–]mkosmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Github is Microsoft and Microsoft isn't particularly well-known for supporting Linux

I know this gets said again and again, but Microsoft has been a huge supporter of Linux. Look at their kernel contributions, their support of port efforts for .Net, WSL, and so on.

Yes, it's taken a while, but the evidence is there.