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binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
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…extensions if you really want them (ex: remote debugging) by following the instructions here https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#pro... Basically - what is it you want, exactly? Because again - this thing is really…
comment by horsawlarway · 2022-11-17 · in Windows Subsystem For Linux a.k.a. WSL 1.0.0 released -
…scenarios; but not all data sharing scenarios." - Apparently even VSCodium can't kill it all - https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#disable-telemetry
comment by yjftsjthsd-h · 2022-10-18 · in Firefox Private Browsing mode upgrade -
https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
comment by FPGAhacker · 2022-10-15 · in VS Code Org Mode -
…https://github.com/eclipse/openvsx VSCodium and Eclipse Theia use Open VSX by default. - VSCodium: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#extensions-and-the-mark... - Eclipse: https://www.eclipse.org/community/eclipse_newsletter/2020/ma...
comment by commoner · 2022-10-15 · in The VSCode GitLab extension now supports getting code completions from FauxPilot -
…scenarios; but not all data sharing scenarios." - Apparently even VSCodium can't kill it all - https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#disable-telemetry
comment by yjftsjthsd-h · 2022-09-30 · in Neovim 0.8 Released -
It's updated several times a month https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases The biggest caveat would be to be aware of the default connexion to an alternative extension store, https://open-vsx.org , instead of Microsoft's own store,…
comment by maxlath · 2022-08-24 · in VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? -
…of our way to cripple the baked-in telemetry), Microsoft will still track usage by default. source: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md
comment by Tijdreiziger · 2022-08-23 · in VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? -
Just fix your marketplace settings and use official plugins :) https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#ext...
comment by alrlroipsp · 2022-08-23 · in VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? -
https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
comment by EricE · 2022-08-04 · in Sending spammers to password purgatory -
…to Visual Studio. [3] [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/k0s8qw/vs_code_devel... [2] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#pro... [3] https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740701/microsoft-dotne...
comment by Tijdreiziger · 2022-07-09 · in Microsoft's Growing Control of Linux -
…version of VS Code but it is missing features like access to the official extension marketplace. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
comment by foepys · 2022-06-16 · in Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open platform -
You can use the VSCode extension gallery with VSCodium at your own risk[0]. [0] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#how... .
comment by gcoguiec · 2022-06-12 · in I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium -
…is diametrically opposed to downstream, it is nearly impossible to prevent these issues. [0] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/623 [1] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/631
comment by btdmaster · 2022-06-12 · in I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium -
…source. So getting it into Codium would require a clean room implementation, essentially. [0] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/wiki/Extensions-Compati... ] [1] https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ms-vscode-remote....
comment by lelandfe · 2022-06-12 · in I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium -
…can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. From what I can tell from https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/228 I have to self sign. This seems like a security hole to me.
comment by CalChris · 2022-06-03 · in VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code -
…added that allowed changing the marketplace a user wanted without it being overwritten by updates. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/418 The correct way to do this would have been to start with a way to persistently change the…
comment by kimbernator · 2022-06-03 · in VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code -
…test your applications. ------------------------------------------------------------------- see: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/82 https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/issues/2491#is...
comment by worble · 2022-06-03 · in VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code -
I mean, you can re-build it yourself, in docker https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/docs/build.... But I think you can also just build VSCode itself yourself. (But, I am not sure if that still doesn't have some non-free…
comment by shp0ngle · 2022-06-03 · in VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code -
Are you aware of VSCodium ( https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#readme ) and does it not meet your criteria because it's "dominated" by Microsoft? The rest of the terms such as "responsive," "easy to use", and "no unique interfaces" make…
comment by mdaniel · 2022-05-23 · in Ask HN: What developer tools would you like to see? -
…under Rosetta : https://isapplesiliconready.com/ [1]: https://code.visualstudio.com/Download [2]: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases [3]: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/597#issuecomment...
comment by cwizou · 2022-04-29 · in Qualcomm’s M1-class laptop chips will be ready for PCs in “late 2023” -
…open source forks[1]). [0]: https://fossa.com/blog/bouk-monkey-importance-knowing-your-d... [1]: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240
comment by aeldidi · 2021-12-11 · in “Open source” is broken -
…and the freedom I crave. It is a bit harder to learn and modify - but I can live with that. [1] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240#issuecomment... [2] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/128#issuecomment... [3]…
comment by zeusflight · 2021-11-17 · in Microsoft blocks EdgeDeflector to force Windows 11 users into Edge -
ok it installed but more might be needed to make it work.. haven't tried this yet: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#pro...
comment by weikju · 2021-10-10 · in VSCode deprecates Enable Telemetry, auto-enrolls you in Telemetry? -
…you can use vscodium with the official marketplace. I use that for over a year now without issues. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#how...
comment by oh_boy · 2021-10-09 · in VSCode deprecates Enable Telemetry, auto-enrolls you in Telemetry? -
Check out https://vscodium.com https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium Builds of VS Code with telemetry stripped out
comment by omreaderhn · 2021-10-09 · in VSCode deprecates Enable Telemetry, auto-enrolls you in Telemetry? -
…exactly true. The marketplace server is proprietary, but you can still install extension by hand https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#ext... . It's not ideal, but it's far from crippled.
comment by Zababa · 2021-10-08 · in Vim Anti-Patterns That Cause Beginners To:Quit -
Perhaps in reference to the telemetry that VSCodium aims to remove? https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why
comment by vimeh · 2021-09-29 · in How OpenVSCode Server turns VS Code into a web IDE -
https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/746
comment by siproprio · 2021-09-03 · in Web-based editor -
…telemetry, and some plugins do too. VSCodium refers to some of the issues removing telemetry here: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#get... https://adtmag.com/articles/2021/04/21/vscodium-strips-msft-...
comment by robocat · 2021-07-24 · in HiveNightmare a.k.a. SeriousSAM – anybody can read the registry in Windows 10 -
…up the extensions story. Today, there's a laundry list of things you must do to use extensions: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#ext... An IDE with no extensions is quite valueless to me, and resolution isn't…
comment by JMTQp8lwXL · 2021-07-23 · in Ask HN: Could the telemetry collected by VSCode be used maliciously? -
…e.g. remote development extensions, can't be used in Onivim 2 due to license restrictions[1]. [1]: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/196#issuecomment...
comment by phelipetls · 2021-06-27 · in Onivim 2 is a retro-futuristic modal editor -
This might be helpful. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium It is a repository of scripts to automatically build Microsoft's 'vscode' repository into freely-licensed binaries with a community-driven default configuration.
comment by alykhalid · 2021-06-26 · in Bflat: C# as you know it but with Go-like tooling -
…LSP named Pylance, because Microsoft forbids it). Edit: vscode also has some proprietary debuggers. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#pro...
comment by throwaway67114 · 2021-05-25 · in Vim Modes Transition Diagram -
…ps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25719338 Edit: Info about the proprietary VSCode remote extensions: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240 Edit 2: Microsoft history repeats: "In discussing ways of competing with open source,…
comment by grey4228 · 2021-03-19 · in Vuiet, Music Player for Emacs -
…use it. Also the remote extensions are proprietary [1]. This has been discussed on HN before. [1] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240
comment by years3500 · 2021-03-12 · in From Vim to Emacs in fourteen days (2015) -
…actually I would like to try to use vscode on alpine, I wanted to try the "appimage" version ( https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases/download/1.52.... . glibc2.16-x86_64.AppImage) but I could not start any appimage in my tests. If…
comment by vinniec · 2021-01-21 · in Alpine Linux 3.13 -
…license. For a truly free build of vscode, you need to use vscodium. See their description: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why-does-this-exist . I suspect many developers are unaware of this.
comment by nitsky · 2021-01-17 · in The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCode gorilla -
…- unless, as you suggest, you build it yourself and get rid of that proprietary telemetry malware ( https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium ) But please don't suggest that we should praise Microsoft because they're decent enough to almost…
comment by design-material · 2021-01-14 · in Apple removes first-party firewall exemption in macOS 11.2 beta 2 -
…at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/47284 VSCodium is recommended as an alternative https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
comment by johndough · 2021-01-12 · in I received my first donation on my open-source side project -
Exactly - https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240 "And the remote server actively prevents OSS versions from connecting. Even if you enable the proposed apis needed, you will get an "Unauthorized client" error message."
comment by Snuupy · 2021-01-10 · in Microsoft Refuses to Open Source VSCode Python Language Server -
VSCodium ( https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium ) is a better alternative. Same but no Microsoft branding and telemetry.
comment by k4rli · 2020-12-25 · in Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows -
VSCodium is able to do this, it is just more work. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#pro...
comment by nnt38 · 2020-09-23 · in The Era of Visual Studio Code -
Are you aware of vscodium? https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why-does-this-exist I have not personally audited it to see if it's better or worse than upstream vscode, but I believe the spirit of the project is closer to what you had in…
comment by mdaniel · 2020-09-23 · in The Era of Visual Studio Code -
…an open source build of VSCode (such as VSCodium) then you cannot use marketplace.visualstudio.com/ https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#extensions-and-the-mark...
comment by bostonvaulter2 · 2020-09-22 · in The Era of Visual Studio Code -
…only, and all I want to use platformio from is theia running on Linux, but I can't. VS Codium: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium Theia IDE: https://theia-ide.org/ More details about PlatformIO not being to be added to OVSX:…
comment by swsieber · 2020-08-04 · in The best Parts of Visual Studio Code are proprietary -
…back to using the official extension marketplace by changing the product.json file as noted here: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#ext... They note the legality of this is dubious. I'm no lawyer so I can't say I…
comment by worble · 2020-08-04 · in The best Parts of Visual Studio Code are proprietary -
Try VSCodium, which is VSCode without MS telemetry: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
comment by bansheehash · 2020-07-15 · in Ubuntu Will No Longer Track Which Packages Users Install -
…it last week when I tried doing some dev work from a Raspberry Pi running the beta 64-bit OS: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
comment by geerlingguy · 2020-06-22 · in Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs -
…it's .NET framework I assume a build will show up as the framework itself improves on ARM. [0]: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases/tag/1.46.1 (basically just MS source minus branding)
comment by 6AA4FD · 2020-06-22 · in Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs -
Answered in the github repo itself: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why
comment by IvyMike · 2020-06-07 · in VS Code without Microsoft branding/telemetry/licensing