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Zed - A code editor written in rust by Atom's Developer. (zed.dev)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It become open source just last week. Currently don't have Linux version but soon it will have. Linux Roadmap issue

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I'll try it once Linux support kinda works

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don't understand why they made it mac only, I don't think mac users are even aware of other apps than what Apple tells them.. :)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It seems that a lot of their responses have been along the lines of: "Well, it's because I have a Mac. Good luck if you don't!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I understand that, sure, but they would have had a lot more support for this editor if it was for Linux. Now I barely ever hear about it at all in the news.

[–] RayJW 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Hot take: but I think it makes sense. If anyone would pay for a closed source editor it's mac developers hence it made sense to chose that as your first platform to support, especially considering that they are a small startup. I don't use mac either but I think they made the right choice from a business standpoint when they were still closed source.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It is open source

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

it only went open-source last week

[–] RayJW 5 points 6 months ago

Hence the wording, right decision back when they were closed source :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Well yeah, I guess mac users are more used to paying for things, that's true.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Apple users think they’re the smartest people on the planet.

[–] where_am_i 21 points 6 months ago

A code editor developed for mac is a massive no go. as in forever.