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Earth follows the same general UI design as Fire and Water. Check out what Water (for example) looks like here: https://www.remobjects.com/elements/water/ I would personally choose the phrase 'aiming for consistency' over 'vibe coded' ;) That said, version 1. I'm sure there are areas to improve! We have supported building Linux apps for years, but this is our first major app for Linux ourse", "context": "", "use_case": "Linux IDE", "switched_from": "", "story": "Welcome to Earth \u2013 our new IDE for Linux"}, {"id": 789380800, "item_id": 49336300, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336300", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-08-17", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The FOSS GNOME Builder app has a nicer UI", "excerpt": "$199 for a personal license? The UI looks vibe-coded, it uses GTK3 design primitives that have been outdated for a half-decade by now. 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Earth follows the same general UI design as Fire and Water. Check out what Water (for example) looks like here: https://www.remobjects.com/elements/water/ I would personally choose the phrase 'aiming for consistency' over 'vibe coded' ;) That said, version 1. I'm sure there are areas to improve! We have supported building Linux apps for years, but this is our first major app for Linux ourse", "context": "", "use_case": "Linux IDE", "switched_from": "", "story": "Welcome to Earth \u2013 our new IDE for Linux"}, {"id": 789380800, "item_id": 49336300, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336300", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-08-17", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The FOSS GNOME Builder app has a nicer UI", "excerpt": "$199 for a personal license? The UI looks vibe-coded, it uses GTK3 design primitives that have been outdated for a half-decade by now. 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