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Zed - A code editor written in rust by Atom's Developer. (zed.dev)
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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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[–] foolinthemaking 14 points 9 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 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 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 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

it only went open-source last week

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

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