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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.




Once you get a knack for it, you can see that the original comment of "So I guess it's only fast on macos?" already has an attitude, and the rest of the thread comes at no surprise.

How about "I'm getting <1FPS perf on {specs}" instead of the snark.


This. Honestly, their issue based on Zed’s issue tracker is likely with NVIDIA drivers inconsistencies, which ironically is due to the closed source nature of NVIDIA drivers (its workarounds all the way down bringing pain to app and driver developers), not Zed (which is indeed FOSS, just not “volunteer” driven).




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