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		umanwizard on July 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zed on Linux Is Here WSL is a pretty niche version of "Linux". I would guess that close to 0% of what makes it to the front page of HN had a QA team that explicitly tested it on WSL.

zapnuk on July 10, 2024 | [–]

niche?

WSL (all distros combined) is the 2nd most popular Linux environment. Only behind Ubuntu.

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#section-most-popular-t...

daghamm on July 10, 2024 | [–]

Please stop making up facts.

1 of 7 Rust developers use WSL: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/02/19/2023-Rust-Annual-Surve...

JSR_FDED on July 11, 2024 | | [–]

I’m pretty sure there’s more than 7 Rust developers.

usr1106 on July 11, 2024 | | [–]

Maybe the Rust community and Windows users have a smaller intersection than let's say Windows and Ubuntu?

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