It's always sad to see a long-standing bit of open-source software put itself out to pasture (a euphemism for going way of the dodo, which is a metaphor

note: ClamAV is a separate, distinct project whose development is overseen by the Talos Group, at Cisco Systems and is not affected by this decision

  • Strit
    14•2 months ago

    Or better yet, design a modern gui in gtk/qt.

    There’s also a great TUI in libredefender, also written in Rust.

    • @thingsiplay@beehaw.org
      3•2 months ago

      Maybe one that is written in Rust with Iced toolkit? This could play well into System 76’s laptops, for people coming from Windows and expecting an Antivirus tool. I mean at least there is a commercial motivation behind it, so it might get written fast (given how fast they develop the COSMIC desktop environment).

    • Aatube
      2•2 months ago

      You can combine both widget toolkits in one app‽