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I don't care about Zed fixing anything - they're Zed's issues, not mine

… I don't care about Zed fixing anything - they're Zed's issues, not mine. All I'm saying is that contrary to what someone else said about the software being "fast" I tried it and at startup, it was unusably slow. I'm what you would call a failed conversion. > Also, how is whether the project is volunteer-run relevant? Would you file a support ticket for commercial software you use saying "it's slow" and then when they follow up asking for details about your setup, you say "sorry, you don't get free QA work from me" So this is kind of needlessly antagonistic imo - the point between the lines is that FOSS projects run by volunteers get a lot more grace than venture backed companies that go on promotion blitzes talking about their performance.

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ndiddyHN

What's the point of commenting that it's slow if you don't care about using the program and switched to something else? Also, how is whether the project is volunteer-run relevant? Would you file a support ticket for commercial software you use saying "it's slow" and then when they follow up asking for details about your setup, you say "sorry, you don't get free QA work from me"? Do you really think that would lead to them fixing your performance problem?

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stronglikedanHN

> they're Zed's issues, not mine. seems like you needing a GPU would be your issue

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onliHN

But you run Linux, with its myriad of software configurations. And if this thread is correct Linux support is already far along, if it runs well on something old like the X230. It is not a realistic expectation for any project to work on your hardware if you are not at least willing to report an issue, or rather: No software will run flawlessly on all hardware always, that's not realistic. Error message, hardware configuration, done. From my perspective that is not something you do for zed, but something you do for your distro and hardware. And ofc, your first comment was fine either way. But the attitude of the latter is just poor.

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You’re both being antagonistic. While Zed may be VC backed, they’re providing a world class open source editor experience for free. There are no expectations in either direction. You’re not a special customer paying them to care about Linux. And you also don’t owe them volunteer effort to help resolve some Linux issue you encountered. They failed to convert. You missed out on honestly possibly the best editor out there right now. That’s that. The antagonistic part is assuming your specific Linux configuration is innately Zed’s issue. It’s possible simply mentioning it to them would lead you quickly and easily to a solution, no free labor needed. It’s possible Zed is prepared to spend their vast VC resources on fixing your setup, even—which seems to be what you expect. Point being there’s a middle ground where you telling Zed “hey it didn't work well for me” gives Zed the chance to resolv…

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