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Zed on Linux Is Here
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#442I wouldn't want a collaborative text editor that sends all my data to their servers, but I have incredible respect that they're very open and transparent about this fact on their website.
You don't see that kind of behaviour from Microsoft and Apple.
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#443Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sublime works this way and I do appreciate it
Just an fyi, I have shot myself in the foot with Sublime's version of this. I became dependent on using unnamed/unsaved documents for quick notes, then at some interval I would clean up. And because Sublime would remember, I could rest safe that they would be there even if closed and reopened until I cleaned them up myself. Well, I also got so hooked on Sublime, I set it as my default system text editor. Then, (more…
Yes, never trust features like these for anything important, we're just not in that era of computing where losing user state is a cardinal sin.
Had the same issue.
Though you could use a shortcut to quit the editor instead of closing windows
Re: Zed on Linux Is Here
#444Sounds great; downloading it now to try.
To the Zed folks here, can you please add a little line to say that it is an editor, for people like me who are not in the loop. There's nothing clear on the landing page or on the docs page that indicates it is so. The video shows an editor, but plenty of software has built in editors.
Re: Zed on Linux Is Here
#445> To install Zed on most Linux distributions, run the shell script below.
> curl https://zed.dev/install.sh | sh
Please stop telling people to curl pipe scripts into their shell...
Re: Zed on Linux Is Here
#446> To install Zed on most Linux distributions, run the shell script below. > curl https://zed.dev/install.sh | sh Please stop telling people to curl pipe scripts into their shell...
Why? I’m going to run their software anyways. And this is a really easy way to run an installer.
This is basically the Linux equivalent of download and double click which is a user flow that is underrated for simplicity and usability.
Re: Zed on Linux Is Here
#447> To install Zed on most Linux distributions, run the shell script below. > curl https://zed.dev/install.sh | sh Please stop telling people to curl pipe scripts into their shell...
Versus what? Everything you install involves trust at some point.
Re: Zed on Linux Is Here
#448> To install Zed on most Linux distributions, run the shell script below. > curl https://zed.dev/install.sh | sh Please stop telling people to curl pipe scripts into their shell...
Indeed!
Just release a flatpak, even a snap.
I’m not asking to support all distros. But at least one between flatpak and snap is enough to support pretty much all distros out there in a clean manner, not with curl | sh
Re: Zed on Linux Is Here
#449> To install Zed on most Linux distributions, run the shell script below. > curl https://zed.dev/install.sh | sh Please stop telling people to curl pipe scripts into their shell...
Versus what? Everything you install involves trust at some point.
Obviously most distributions provide package managers that should be used for unified automated update mechanisms and gpg signing. Superior to curl | sh in every way.
Re: Zed on Linux Is Here
#450> To install Zed on most Linux distributions, run the shell script below. > curl https://zed.dev/install.sh | sh Please stop telling people to curl pipe scripts into their shell...
Why? I’m going to run their software anyways. And this is a really easy way to run an installer. This is basically the Linux equivalent of download and double click which is a user flow that is underrated for simplicity and usability.
Completely agree. Furthermore, you could always just not pipe it to sh, read it first if you care so much. Releasing and maintaining packages across a range of distros is extremely hard and time consuming, and they just released the linux version.