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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by fg137 on Saturday November 07, 2026 @07:58AM (#50404176)
Meanwhile Zed isn't really usable on machines without a GPU e.g. VDIs

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/discussions/17212

I don't know if we have a winner here.

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by anthk on Saturday November 07, 2026 @05:08PM (#50408512)
Lapce works, so does the ArtCraft suite even on Aros. No Vulkan there, just MESA 26 with OpenGL 4.6+ and that's it.
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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by lichenwarp on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:57PM (#50409207)
that's crazy didn't even know sidex existed, I'm gonna try it later
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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by tancop on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:19AM (#50411368)
You can install Lavapipe to get a software rendered Vulkan driver, it's not as fast as a GPU but pretty reliable. It even works on Windows.
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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by opengrass on Sunday November 08, 2026 @07:32AM (#50412708)
Lite XL is fast.
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