Lying to Zed to get its remote server running on FreeBSD | Hayzam

Zed's remote development server now runs on FreeBSD through a compatibility workaround, with developer Hayzam publishing a guide that spoofs the host platform as Linux x86_64 so the editor's Linux server binary can be installed and launched over SSH. The setup requires enabling FreeBSD's Linux compatibility layer with the linux_base-rl9 package, then placing a wrapper script at ~/.local/bin/uname that answers Zed's platform query with "Linux x86_64" while passing all other calls to the real uname. A second, separate fix is needed for the file tree to populate: a FreeBSD kernel patch (commit ec6629628cb, landing in main, stable/15 and releng/15.2) resolves an "Invalid argument (os error 22)" error that otherwise leaves remote projects empty. The workaround matters because Zed, which the author prefers over VS Code for its speed and a native "disable_ai": true toggle, has no native FreeBSD remote server yet, leaving FreeBSD users dependent on Linux binary emulation. Watch for Zed to ship an official FreeBSD server target, which would let users retire the uname wrapper, and for 15.2-RELEASE to carry the kernel fix by default.