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Re:Zed is now available on Windows by pjmlp on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:34AM (#45602094)
Yet everyone is complaining on this thread about Zed distribution size, go figure.

They should shut up and just buy bigger drives. Ah, they can't on their laptops, bummer.

Also try to develop mobile apps with that mentality,

https://www.abbacustechnologies.com/why-your-app-keeps-getti...

Re:Zed is now available on Windows by tremarley on Thursday October 16, 2025 @05:50AM (#45603407)
Precisely. It seems like the people who say storage is cheap assume everyone is using desktop PCs
Re:Zed is now available on Windows by edgineer on Thursday October 16, 2025 @12:58PM (#45607811)
Storage is cheap and upgradeable on all but very very few Windows laptops.
Re:Zed is now available on Windows by ChrisSD on Thursday October 16, 2025 @07:25AM (#45604057)
Tbh, the rights and wrongs aside, I suspect "everyone" is complaining about it because it's the easiest thing to talk about. Much like how feature discussions tend towards bikeshedding.