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It’s likely that Zed does not want users, or wants specific kind of users as this stage of their company maturity. Mac developer is a proxy for the user type Z

It’s likely that Zed does not want users, or wants specific kind of users as this stage of their company maturity. Mac developer is a proxy for the user type Zed is probably aiming to sell service: Western, wealthy, senior. Whileas Windows users are everyone and their uncle. Scaling to large userbase does not make sense if they are not going to pay for your product.

kristopolous 3y ago
I'm just sour about lack of Linux support, it's like I'm in 1998 again except now instead of Microsoft Windows ignoring us it's Apple macOS. A WINE like project for macOS software would be great
- bastawhiz 3y ago
  Well it's open source now, so pull requests welcome.
  - alabhyajindal 3y ago
    This assumes that everyone wanting to use Zed is proficient in Rust and willing to contribute.
- mixmastamyk 3y ago
  Because if there's one thing Linux needs is a good text editor! :-D
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- btdmaster 3y ago
  > A Wine-like project for macOS software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_(software) https://github.com/darlinghq/darling https://github.com/darlinghq/darling https://darlinghq.org https://darlinghq.org
- Cu3PO42 3y ago
  There is! It's called Darling [1]. Unfortunately, its GUI support is experimental and still very limited, so you won't be able to run Zed right now, but I still think the project is very cool. [1] https://www.darlinghq.org/ https://www.darlinghq.org/
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