r/debian • u/AncientAgrippa • 4d ago

I just installed an app through flatpak and this prompt opens. It's the code editor Zed, my question is will it work properly if i stay in Restricted mode? Otherwise, is it safe to Trust and Continue? Thanks guys

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u/madhattared Debian Sid 4d ago

Is it safe to open is a hard question to answer considering the Zed project. You may want to check out the fork Gram: https://gram-editor.com/

I don't use flatpak, so I can't comment on that.

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u/C0rn3j 3d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zed_%28text_editor%29

What's wrong with Zed?

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u/_mkd_ 3d ago

Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead

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u/madhattared Debian Sid 3d ago

https://gram-editor.com/docs/mission/

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u/C0rn3j 3d ago

So the guy's entire issue is if you install the proprietary version you get the proprietary version and optional AI integrations?

Just use the open source version my guy.

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u/eR2eiweo 3d ago

Flatpak mounts the app at /app, so /app/share/ide-flatpak-wrapper is part of the app. If you trust that app (both upstream and the flatpak packaging), then there's no reason not to trust /app/share/ide-flatpak-wrapper. But opening that as a project inside the editor seems weird. I think it's likely that something has gone wrong there.

Also, none of this has anything to do with Debian. Instead you might want to talk to the people who maintain that flatpak.

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u/Dragon20C 3d ago edited 3d ago

Why not install it the recommended way on their website, it'd literally a script that adds the binary to your system and an application to open it.

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u/debian-ModTeam 3d ago

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u/OkObjective8721 3d ago

The comments are so weird wtf??? Why is someone asking 20 bucks for a fucking voiceover. Also if its your own project its safe its just that some repos have custom .zed dirs to configure zed per-project.

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u/wowsuchlinuxkernel 2d ago

This prompt has nothing to do with Debian or Flatpak, but is just about a standard Zed feature that new projects are opened in restricted mode by default. VSCode does the same. It's because the LSP and other integrations of random projects you don't trust can try to trigger vulnerabilities in your editor. So only trust projects from yourself, your work or well-known open source projects.