diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b81becdeff..63aec28e92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -260,15 +260,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-  bundle-deb:
-    name: Create a *.deb Linux bundle
+  bundle-linux:
+    name: Create a Linux bundle
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04 # keep the version fixed to avoid libc and dynamic linked library issues
     if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-bundling') }}
     needs: [linux_tests]
     env:
       ZED_CLIENT_CHECKSUM_SEED: ${{ secrets.ZED_CLIENT_CHECKSUM_SEED }}
-      DIGITALOCEAN_SPACES_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DIGITALOCEAN_SPACES_ACCESS_KEY }}
-      DIGITALOCEAN_SPACES_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.DIGITALOCEAN_SPACES_SECRET_KEY }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -312,19 +310,18 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-      # TODO linux : Find a way to add licenses to the final bundle
-      # - name: Generate license file
-      #   run: script/generate-licenses
+      - name: Generate license file
+        run: script/generate-licenses
 
-      - name: Create Linux *.deb bundle
+      - name: Create and upload Linux .tar.gz bundle
         run: script/bundle-linux
 
-      - name: Upload app bundle to workflow run if main branch or specific label
+      - name: Upload Linux bundle to workflow run if main branch or specific label
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }} || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-bundling') }}
         with:
-          name: Zed_${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}.deb
-          path: target/release/*.deb
+          name: zed-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+          path: zed-*.tar.gz
 
       # TODO linux : make it stable enough to be uploaded as a release
       # - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release_nightly.yml
index 5a625c448a..875a21aa0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_nightly.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
         run: script/upload-nightly macos
 
   bundle-deb:
-    name: Create a *.deb Linux bundle
+    name: Create a Linux *.tar.gz bundle
     if: github.repository_owner == 'zed-industries'
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04 # keep the version fixed to avoid libc and dynamic linked library issues
     needs: tests
@@ -125,12 +125,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "Publishing version: ${version} on release channel nightly"
           echo "nightly" > crates/zed/RELEASE_CHANNEL
 
-      # TODO linux : find a way to add licenses to the final bundle
-      # - name: Generate license file
-      #   run: script/generate-licenses
+      - name: Generate license file
+        run: script/generate-licenses
 
-      - name: Create Linux *.deb bundle
+      - name: Create Linux .tar.gz bundle
         run: script/bundle-linux
 
       - name: Upload Zed Nightly
-        run: script/upload-nightly linux-deb
+        run: script/upload-nightly linux-targz
diff --git a/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop b/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f686f0355e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Name=Zed
+GenericName=Text Editor
+Comment=A high-performance, multiplayer code editor.
+TryExec=zed
+StartupNotify=true
+Exec=zed
+Icon=zed
+Categories=TextEditor;Development;IDE;
+Keywords=zed;
+MimeType=text/plain;
diff --git a/script/bundle-linux b/script/bundle-linux
index 46afe1274d..a2f1bdd1a1 100755
--- a/script/bundle-linux
+++ b/script/bundle-linux
@@ -2,32 +2,20 @@
 
 set -euxo pipefail
 
-build_flag="--release"
-target_dir="release"
-bundle_name=""
-zed_crate="zed"
-
-
+# Function for displaying help info
 help_info() {
   echo "
-Usage: ${0##*/} [options] [bundle_name]
-Build the application bundle for Linux.
+Usage: ${0##*/} [options]
+Build a release .tar.gz for Linux.
 
 Options:
-  -d    Compile in debug mode
-  -h    Display this help and exit
+  -h    Display this help and exit.
   "
 }
 
-while getopts 'dh' flag
+while getopts 'h' flag
 do
     case "${flag}" in
-        d)
-            export CARGO_INCREMENTAL=true
-            export CARGO_BUNDLE_SKIP_BUILD=true
-            build_flag="";
-            target_dir="debug"
-            ;;
         h)
            help_info
            exit 0
@@ -35,68 +23,54 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-shift $((OPTIND-1))
-
-if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
-    if [ "$1" ]; then
-        bundle_name=$1
-    fi
-fi
-
 export ZED_BUNDLE=true
 
-cargo_bundle_version=$(cargo -q bundle --help 2>&1 | head -n 1 || echo "")
-if [ "$cargo_bundle_version" != "cargo-bundle v0.6.0-zed" ]; then
-    cargo install cargo-bundle --git https://github.com/zed-industries/cargo-bundle.git --branch zed-deploy
+channel=$(<crates/zed/RELEASE_CHANNEL)
+version="$(cargo metadata --no-deps --manifest-path crates/zed/Cargo.toml --offline --format-version=1 | jq -r '.packages | map(select(.name == "zed"))[0].version')"
+commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c 1-7)
+
+version_info=$(rustc --version --verbose)
+host_line=$(echo "$version_info" | grep host)
+target_triple=${host_line#*: }
+
+# Build binary in release mode
+cargo build --release --target "${target_triple}" --package zed
+
+# Strip the binary of all debug symbols
+# Later, we probably want to do something like this: https://github.com/GabrielMajeri/separate-symbols
+strip "target/${target_triple}/release/Zed"
+
+# Move everything that should end up in the final package
+# into a temp directory.
+temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+
+# Binary
+mkdir "${temp_dir}/bin"
+cp "target/${target_triple}/release/Zed" "${temp_dir}/bin/zed"
+
+# Icons
+mkdir -p "${temp_dir}/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps"
+cp "crates/zed/resources/app-icon-nightly.png" "${temp_dir}/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/zed.png"
+mkdir -p "${temp_dir}/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps"
+cp "crates/zed/resources/app-icon-nightly@2x.png" "${temp_dir}/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/zed.png"
+
+# .desktop
+mkdir -p "${temp_dir}/share/applications"
+cp "crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop" "${temp_dir}/share/applications/zed.desktop"
+
+# Licenses
+cp "assets/licenses.md" "${temp_dir}/licenses.md"
+
+# Create archive out of everything that's in the temp directory
+
+
+if [[ "$channel" == "nightly" ]]; then
+  archive="zed-${channel}-${target_triple}.tar.gz"
+elif  [[ "$channel" == "dev" ]]; then
+  archive="zed-${channel}-${commit}-${target_triple}.tar.gz"
+else
+  archive="zed-${version}-${target_triple}.tar.gz"
 fi
 
-echo "Compiling zed binaries"
-cargo build ${build_flag} --package ${zed_crate} --package cli
-
-echo "Creating application bundle"
-pushd crates/${zed_crate}
-    channel=$(<RELEASE_CHANNEL)
-    cp Cargo.toml Cargo.toml.backup
-    sed \
-        -i.backup -e \
-        "s/package.metadata.bundle-${channel}/package.metadata.bundle/" \
-        Cargo.toml
-
-    # TODO linux `zed_cli` does not get into this bundle despite being built
-    bundle_path=$(cargo bundle ${build_flag} --select-workspace-root | xargs)
-
-    mv Cargo.toml.backup Cargo.toml
-popd
-
-# For nightly, cut off the version out of the bundle name that `cargo bundle` always adds.
-if [ "$channel" == "nightly" ]; then
-    version="$(cargo metadata --no-deps --manifest-path crates/zed/Cargo.toml --offline --format-version=1 | jq -r '.packages | map(select(.name == "zed"))[0].version')"
-    version_less_bundle_path=$(echo "$bundle_path" | sed "s/_$version//")
-    mv "$bundle_path" "$version_less_bundle_path"
-    bundle_path="$version_less_bundle_path"
-fi
-
-# TODO linux
-# Other Linux systems will need a different set of manipulations + a way to know which ones to do.
-# If bundle_name is not set or empty, use the basename of $bundle_path
-if [ -z "${bundle_name}" ]; then
-    bundle_name=$(basename "${bundle_path}")
-fi
-# If bundle_name doesn't end in .deb, append it
-if [[ "$bundle_name" != *.deb ]]; then
-    bundle_name="$bundle_name.deb"
-fi
-
-pushd target/
-    rm -rf bundle/ 2>/dev/null || true
-    dpkg-deb -x "${bundle_path}" bundle/
-    dpkg-deb --control "${bundle_path}" bundle/DEBIAN
-    mkdir -p bundle/usr/local/bin/
-    mv bundle/usr/bin/Zed "bundle/usr/local/bin/zed-$channel"
-    cp "${target_dir}/cli" "bundle/usr/local/bin/cli-$channel"
-    ln -s "/usr/local/bin/cli-$channel" "bundle/usr/local/bin/zed"
-    rm -rf bundle/usr/bin/
-    dpkg-deb -b bundle/ "${target_dir}/${bundle_name}"
-    bundle_path="${PWD}/${target_dir}/${bundle_name}"
-popd
-echo "Bundled ${bundle_path}"
+rm -rf "${archive}"
+tar -czvf $archive -C ${temp_dir} .
diff --git a/script/generate-licenses b/script/generate-licenses
index d2c3aa3bcf..5f788ed03e 100755
--- a/script/generate-licenses
+++ b/script/generate-licenses
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ echo -e "# ###### CODE LICENSES ######\n" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
 echo "Generating cargo licenses"
 cargo about generate --fail -c script/licenses/zed-licenses.toml script/licenses/template.hbs.md >> $OUTPUT_FILE
 
-sed -i '' 's/&quot;/"/g' $OUTPUT_FILE
-sed -i '' 's/&#x27;/'\''/g' $OUTPUT_FILE # The ` '\'' ` thing ends the string, appends a single quote, and re-opens the string
-sed -i '' 's/&#x3D;/=/g' $OUTPUT_FILE
-sed -i '' 's/&#x60;/`/g' $OUTPUT_FILE
-sed -i '' 's/&lt;/</g' $OUTPUT_FILE
-sed -i '' 's/&gt;/>/g' $OUTPUT_FILE
+
+sed -i.bak 's/&quot;/"/g' $OUTPUT_FILE
+sed -i.bak 's/&#x27;/'\''/g' $OUTPUT_FILE # The ` '\'' ` thing ends the string, appends a single quote, and re-opens the string
+sed -i.bak 's/&#x3D;/=/g' $OUTPUT_FILE
+sed -i.bak 's/&#x60;/`/g' $OUTPUT_FILE
+sed -i.bak 's/&lt;/</g' $OUTPUT_FILE
+sed -i.bak 's/&gt;/>/g' $OUTPUT_FILE
+
+rm -rf "${OUTPUT_FILE}.bak"
diff --git a/script/install.sh b/script/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a2485251c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#!/bin/sh
diff --git a/script/upload-nightly b/script/upload-nightly
index 68e321f9b6..298050b25a 100755
--- a/script/upload-nightly
+++ b/script/upload-nightly
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 bash -euo pipefail
 source script/lib/blob-store.sh
 
-allowed_targets=("linux-deb" "macos")
+allowed_targets=("linux-targz" "macos")
 is_allowed_target() {
     for val in "${allowed_targets[@]}"; do
         if [[ "$1" == "$val" ]]; then
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ case "$target" in
         upload_to_blob_store $bucket_name "target/release/Zed.dmg" "nightly/Zed.dmg"
         upload_to_blob_store $bucket_name "target/latest-sha" "nightly/latest-sha"
         ;;
-    linux-deb)
-        find target/release -type f -name "*.deb" -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' bundle_file; do
+    linux-targz)
+        find . -type f -name "zed-*.tar.gz" -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' bundle_file; do
             upload_to_blob_store $bucket_name "$bundle_file" "nightly/$(basename "$bundle_file")"
         done
-        upload_to_blob_store $bucket_name "target/latest-sha" "nightly/latest-sha-linux-deb"
+        upload_to_blob_store $bucket_name "target/latest-sha" "nightly/latest-sha-linux-targz"
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Error: Unknown target '$target'"