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Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by xyproto on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:51AM (#29377977)
Fleet is not open source, offers little over VS Code and is not as fully featured as the full JetBrains IDE's.

Who are intended to use this?

Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by samjmck on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:56AM (#29378011)
The program isn't even publicly available yet. How can you conclude that it provides little over VS Code?

And why does it matter that it's not open source?

Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by 5e92cb50239222b on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:19AM (#29378164)

  > And why does it matter that it's not open source?
I honestly find this question really weird. Do we really have to explain such basic things nowadays? It may not be important to you, it is extremely important to me, and (apparently) xyproto.
Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by fxtentacle on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:23AM (#29378182)
And that's why you're not using Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS, but only Linux, correct?

Mostly people want open source but they'll happily abandon it for convenience. That's how Gmail won over Dovecot.

Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by esrh on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:09AM (#29378450)
That's exactly why, free/open source enthusiasts are just the minority type to prefer freedom or privacy over convenience.
Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by IceWreck on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:02AM (#29378414)
The non open source part is a bummer but its not Electron based. So its gotta be faster than VSCode.
Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by fxtentacle on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:22AM (#29378176)
People like me who like all the other JetBrains IDEs and have a toolbox subscription anyway.
Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by flutterwascrap on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @06:19AM (#29402708)
Don't worry. It will very likely be open sourced. They'll open source it for the same reason they open sourced intellij.
Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by lenkite on Monday November 29, 2021 @07:41AM (#29379140)
As long as it isn't Electron-based, I don't care.