There is a new Flutter event next week, apparently tailored to Windows developers. This could mean two things:
- new developer tools that run on Windows;
- Flutter for Windows getting out of beta.
I am going to bet on the latter. Flutter grew a lot in the last couple of years. Having the possibility to release a version of our apps to Windows users is a big win for my team. I also wonder if Flutter for Ubuntu is also getting out of beta and if there is even a more general Flutter for Linux on the horizon. Given that you create snaps, you should be able already to distribute them on other Linux distributions.
What do you think? Let me know in the comment section.
- Michele Volpato
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