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by pezezin 1048 days ago
>> In an ideal world, the major stakeholders of the Linux desktop – KDE, GNOME, the various major distributions – would get together and seriously consider a plan of action. The best possible solution, in my view, would be to fork one of the major browser engines (or pick one and significantly invest in it), and modify this engine and tailor it specifically for the Linux desktop.

> Is it really the best solution to create a fork?

This is funny considering that WebKit was originally a fork of KHTML.

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Well, WebKit was created by Apple and not something small like KDE, GNOME where mostly volunteers would participate.