Well said, @Tristan. TBH, I'm in a similar boat in that TheBrain is the only reason I'm still on Windows ~ and as long as Windows "decides to make privacy redundant", I have more and more reasons each day to make the leap to Linux.

Glad I'm not the only one here. Each time Windows decides to make privacy redundant, I'm forced to question as to whether or not I -need- access to TB and if I can make do on Linux with other programs. The online version is not really feasible as a desktop version, keeping it for file storage, etc. especially because of cloud storage limits. Now, moving away from Windows 10 (certainly not in the direction of installing Windows 11), I'm stuck at the same crossroads as before - continue to pay for TB where I can only use the desktop version on Windows, or port everything back over to free alternative programs.

I've been using TheBrain on Windows since TheBrain was so new it didn't have version numbers, so it's become an integral part of computer use for me, and I have about 3 decades-worth of data in there. I don't want to lose that. However, like so many of your customers, I find that Microsoft has shifted to the Dark Side, and I wouldn't move to Windows 11, even if my computers were officially Windows 11 capable. There's a Windows 10 "extender" on the market, but that's only to 2030. Linux, in some form, is therefore necessary, even critical.
I've been looking at Aurora, part of the Fedora family in Linux, but for all its advantages, it won't run TheBrain. I'm about to have a look at Winux, a flavour of Ubuntu with a Windows-like front end, which can apparently run .exe applications and do other Windows-like things, but I don't yet know if that will run TheBrain, and its apparently not as reliable as the Fedora family distros of Linux.
That leaves me really, really wanting to see TheBrain made compatible with Linux distros generally, as it used to be until about TheBrain 8. With the increasing numbers of people who want to get away from being manipulated by the likes of Microsoft, Apple and Google, there's likely to be an up-tick in Linux as the preferred operating system family, so please let's see TheBrain getting back on that bandwagon. It shouldn't be hard, as someone has already observed, given it's available for Android, which is a close cousin of Linux.

On my corporate computer I have to rely on the Web interface to access my Brains. However, recently this has not been working. The moment I choose one of the Brains to load, I get a blank plex. So, even this path would not be reliable after I retire Windows on my home computers. We need Linux compatibility.

For sure, not having The Brain enabled for linux makes no sense at this stage. Any plans to do this?

At present, the ONLY reason I need Windows is because I want The Brain on my PC. I have version 14 and will not upgrade to version 15.. Microsoft has deteriorated massively in its attitude to users since Bill Gates' stewardship. If The Brain can be enabled for Android it should be tweaked for Linux as well without too much trouble.

I use Ubuntu for work and both Arch and Mint at home. I use Obsidian for now, but would be willing to give the Brain a try if Linux compatibility ever becomes an option.

In application land, porting is much easier these days for almost all languages, and containers are the norm if control and compatibility are concerns.

My guess is that you started in Windows and coupled tightly with some of their non portable libraries out of convenience.

In the future, keep algorithms in a standard language and create an API, then a lightweight wrapper can be used to interface with the OS-specific Graphical libraries.

A bonus from this type of architecture is that it simultaneously allows one to have a command line interface for power users and those who prefer scripts for templates and automation.

Had used extensively in the past, and researched the best mind mapping software when I was ready to create a new "second brain", and wound up back here.

Then I read about Windows 11. I'm not going to pay for spyware. Have looked into getting Windows LTSC, but don't want to commit to Windows anymore unless I know there's a Linux build in the works with the ability to completly migrate a Windows 10 Brain to Linux.

I'm willing to give up the convenience of a Windows Brain for
the security and privacy of a slighty less functional Linux mind map.

I would think that Linux would be a given these days, at least there is an alternative way to still use the brain.

MicroShaft (tool of the Spooks and Deep state) and Sadly Apple (former privacy advocate) are not to be trusted. Same with amazon, drop box. I will not be moving to Win-11 I only moved from Win-7 to 10 when forced. Then have WIndoz-10 to an forced update while you are using the machine is F-ing BS. Only made worse then items working before the 'security' update don't. Please return to offering a Linux version. Debian is a VERY solid version. Thanks

I'm a Linux Fedora Plasma user - a Linux version of TheBrain would be highly useful & more practical to me and potentially several, many others.