"Almost unusable"? Slight hyperbole don't you think? I initially tried the Flatpak version on Fedora 44 and had a few minor problems, but since switching to the terra repos version (terrapkg.com) I've had zero issues, Have you tried that?

For me, its a massive improvement over IntelliJ for my daily workflow.

I had to stop using Zed because of this issue (which persists despite being closed): https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/38109

I can't use an editor where the file contents I'm being shown don't match the reality of the file. I guess this issue doesn't affect most people somehow, but in the age of CLI agents I'm not sure how more people aren't running into it.

I was really enjoying Zed for a short while before I ran into this fundamental issue.

Just installed it, works on my kde and niri setups (I logged out and switched to each), copy paste works as well. File manager laggi-ness I didn't notice I don't use it, I use it mostly to type stuff out.

I have never used snippets so unsure about that too, going from command bar seemed to work.

I think it might be bad, but could also be it's not correctly configured maybe try asking codex/claude or something to check if it can fix/fine tune the config, if that doesn't work file issues?

I do suspect it might be working for me cause I got lucky I do see an open issue[1], but given Zed is used a bunch the lack of comments does suggest maybe it's not that wide spread either way not a good look.

[1]: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/47004

Maybe I got lucky?? Does it not auto update on linux maybe I am on an old build... Very suspicious.

Agree, copy-paste feels like it works 80% of the time, which is maddening when 1 in 5 copy paste attempts fail. (mostly from zed to something else) Why??

At least Excel has the courtesy to telling you "Hey the copy-paste buffer said it didn't catch that, can you try again?"

Linux Wayland (Ubuntu 26.04)

I use it as a daily driver with few if any problems, but I'm on macOS. Maybe their Linux support is particularly crappy?

I started using Zed a couple weeks ago and immediately had issues with copy/paste/buffer on an M1 Mac. I tried a few suggested fixes and they didn't work.

It still doesn't actually display a window my end until I press a keyboard key or move the mouse. So very often I sit and wait for it to open, only to realize I have to press a random key for it to unhide.

Terrible Linux support.

> when the core editor is almost unusable

Shit, as someone who uses Zed everyday, I didn't realize what I am using is unusable.

Because it's not broken, the issues you're describing are far from universal. Also, fixing them won't bring any money.