Re:Zed on Linux Is Here
by pkage on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @01:30PM
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This is a fairly common way to install tools on Linux. Tailscale, Homebrew, Pi-hole and many others offer installations in this way.
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Re:Zed on Linux Is Here
by AndyKelley on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @01:38PM
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The same criticisms apply to Tailscale, Homebrew, Pi-hole and all those others.
Re:Zed on Linux Is Here
by usr942568903890 on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @02:36PM
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The same criticisms apply to Tailscale
No it doesn't.
Tailscale's shell script is entirely optional and installs a distro/package manager specific package. It also doesn't mess with your PATH variable.
They maintain packages for most popular distros as you can see here https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/.
The sibling comments are just spreading misinformation because those people were too lazy to actually look anything up.
While it is fairly common way, it does not mean that it is good way.