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Zed on Linux is out! (zed.dev)

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

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Zed is a modern open-source code editor, built from the ground up in Rust with a GPU-accelerated renderer.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I never understood the need

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

Vscodium but not running in a browser.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If it can’t run in a terminal, what is the point?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

gpu accelerated editor with remote development > terminal editor

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

There are gpu accelerated terminal emulators... Not sure what you mean by remote development though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

remote development for connecting to a machine without a display server; basically covering the main use case for being constrained to a terminal.

Remote Tunnels in VS Code or JetBrains Gateway for example

I do use a GPU accelerated terminal, but it's still very limited compared to a GUI; they serve different goals.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

VScodium is running in the browser. It is electron based.

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

Zed is native

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

It's not you who needs it.
It's for buzzword chasers and cost cutters.

Rust (=> fast and hip)
Shared (=> outsourced)
AI generated (=> robot devs)

Get it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Rust hype at least makes sense. The other two are just utter bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The Rust hype at least makes sense.

In technical context, yes. I'm a Rustacean myself.
In business/marketing context, ...

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

Rustacean

Is that why the mascot's a crab??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It also makes sense in a business context, because Rust enables memory safety at native speed, and enables building more reliable software due to its strong type system.

Safety and reliability are business critical in many industries.