▲ 64 ▼ Zed Decoded: Linux when? - Zed Blog (zed.dev) submitted 2 years ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] swooosh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) That is really cool. I wish I'd read more of such posts on "how do we get there, how did we get here". Most important answer: After deciding to support Ubuntu and X11 and Wayland I hope it'll work in distrobox such that you can run it on every platform permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 2 years ago* That was a hypothetical illustrating the amount of choices one had to make to port to Linux. So far their decision is to just release a tarball. permalink fedilink source parent [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Distrobox is not a good solution. But when there is an APT package, packagers can easily use their binary and create RPMs etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swooosh@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why? I'd use it for analysis and prose. I think it'll be ok in distrobox. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is a separate Distro. I used it for running VLC already and for sure it works, but it isnt really a good solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swooosh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Ok. So far I only use it for cli tools like pdlaftex, typst, R, and others. So far it works great. I assume the same for gui apps. Theming will be off but that's not a real issue as long as the app works. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 2 years ago* That was a hypothetical illustrating the amount of choices one had to make to port to Linux. So far their decision is to just release a tarball. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Distrobox is not a good solution. But when there is an APT package, packagers can easily use their binary and create RPMs etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swooosh@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why? I'd use it for analysis and prose. I think it'll be ok in distrobox. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is a separate Distro. I used it for running VLC already and for sure it works, but it isnt really a good solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swooosh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Ok. So far I only use it for cli tools like pdlaftex, typst, R, and others. So far it works great. I assume the same for gui apps. Theming will be off but that's not a real issue as long as the app works. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swooosh@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why? I'd use it for analysis and prose. I think it'll be ok in distrobox. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is a separate Distro. I used it for running VLC already and for sure it works, but it isnt really a good solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swooosh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Ok. So far I only use it for cli tools like pdlaftex, typst, R, and others. So far it works great. I assume the same for gui apps. Theming will be off but that's not a real issue as long as the app works. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is a separate Distro. I used it for running VLC already and for sure it works, but it isnt really a good solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swooosh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Ok. So far I only use it for cli tools like pdlaftex, typst, R, and others. So far it works great. I assume the same for gui apps. Theming will be off but that's not a real issue as long as the app works. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swooosh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Ok. So far I only use it for cli tools like pdlaftex, typst, R, and others. So far it works great. I assume the same for gui apps. Theming will be off but that's not a real issue as long as the app works. permalink fedilink source parent