Most of us hate Microsoft, and yet many of us use VSCode

flashgnash@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml – 393 points –

I get that it's open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

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VScode isn't foss. It just contains some open source code.

It contains mostly open source code. The proprietary binary MS distributes adds very little proprietary stuff to it. You can use the open source version Code - OSS just fine or use VSCodium which is based on that

Interesting, how do you get this Code-OSS?

If you're on Linux, you can download it as a flatpak or if you're on arch through the package manager. Maybe it's also in the repositories of other distros but I can't check that. I also have no idea how to download it on Windows. I would recommend getting VSCodium anyway though. It's also available as a flatpak, in the AUR and on their website for Windows.

If I was going to use it I would use VScodium.

How do you know what's in VScode? Its still proprietary.

I mean, that's what I'm doing