Zed Decoded: Linux When?

This is the third video in our Zed Decoded series, in which we take a close look at how Zed works and how it's built.

This is the companion video to a full blog post that you can find here 👉 https://zed.dev/blog/zed-decoded-linu...

In episode, Thorsten and Mikayla talk about Zed on Linux. What's the current state of Zed on Linux, what did we have to do to make it work on Linux, what were the tricky parts and what's still left to do.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Testing Zed on Linux
03:03 Preparing Zed for Cross-Platform Support
08:22 Challenges of Integrating with Platform-Specific APIs
14:40 Working with Different Windowing Systems on Linux
22:20 Differences in the Renderer between macOS and Linux
30:35 Implementing the Blade Renderer
33:40 Challenges of Creating a Native UI for Linux
36:06 Rendering Process and Shaders
45:19 Balancing Platform Integration and Customization
49:57 Next Milestones for the Linux Build
52:46 Community Contributions and Progress
57:30 Cloning and Building the Linux Build