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Ghostty Terminal Emulator Transitions to Non-Profit Status (linuxiac.com)

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Mitchell Hashimoto, one of the founders of HashiCorp and lead developer behind Ghostty, a GPU-accelerated open-source terminal emulator launched in 2023, announced that the app has formally become a non-profit project through fiscal sponsorship by Hack Club, a registered 501(c)(3) organization.

In Ghostty’s case, Hack Club now manages compliance, donations, accounting, and public financial transparency. Hashimoto says this structure reinforces Ghostty’s commitment to remaining free and open source, provides legal assurances to users and contributors, and establishes a sustainable foundation beyond any single individual’s involvement.

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[–] illusionist@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I guess this is an honest opinion

I switched to Kitty because I felt that the increased speed produced a perceived improvement in my workflow.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29528343

There's probably no big reason. It's just that text is printed much faster. There's no huge gain, especially for general usage and most use cases. But why not? Why shouldn't you use the gpu if you have one?

If gpu would've been first, you'd wonder why you should use cpu if it's slower. Faster is always(?) better and I as a user don't really care if it is wayland or x11, why should I care about gpu or cpu? It just sounds great, but under the hood, it's just a marketing stunt.

It's nice to have but I just don't care. Like if earbuds last 6 or 8 hours. They charge within 5 or 10 minutes, why should I care? Or like losless audio. My headphones can't play it, and more important I can't hear a difference. It's nice, I'll take it, but I don't care about it.