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…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

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story by max_ · 2020-06-07 · 200 comments

…EEE here but just bringing up the point that it is, to a certain extent, made hard to fork. - https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#pro... - https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240

comment by gary-kim · 2020-05-20 · in Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish

…(I do): that’s a proprietary Microsoft extension and doesn’t work in the free software versions. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240

comment by ryukafalz · 2020-05-09 · in Making Emacs Popular Again

…Remote Development, but it is actively unable to function with the open-source version of VSCode: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240#issuecomment...

comment by aftbit · 2020-05-06 · in Bill Joy's greatest gift to man – the vi editor (2003)

…be made a default there? They have expressed an interest in using a different marketplace: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#ext... Edit: Someone just opened an issue. If that was you and you're reading this, thanks!…

comment by cycloptic · 2020-03-31 · in Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

…Code has had to fork to remove the unethical spyware portions within it placed there by Microsoft: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

comment by sneak · 2020-03-16 · in NPM Is Joining GitHub

Check out vscodium: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

comment by camillovisini · 2020-02-26 · in Vue.js Documentary [video]

…Studio Code is available for ARM. There are community builds for ARM. https://code.headmelted.com/ https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

comment by tbyehl · 2020-01-17 · in Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop

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story by mooreds · 2019-12-05 · 0 comments

…2: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Differences-between... 3: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240 (aka, on-the-wire DRM to make sure the remote components only talk to a licensed VS Code build from Microsoft)

comment by usecodium · 2019-11-19 · in Facebook and Microsoft Partner on Remote Development

…intent here. On the plus side, I did learn about VSCodium [1] which I wasn't aware of before. [1] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

comment by gregmac · 2019-10-28 · in Issues with Vscode License – You Should Worry

…open-source version (VScodium) does not support some of the most useful features like remote dev ( https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/196 ) "it appears to be a deliberate licensing choice by Microsoft to not allow use of the…

comment by justata · 2019-10-17 · in Microsoft gives Satya Nadella a 66% raise, citing 'strategic leadership'

https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/ is being actively kept up-to-date with VSCode's rolling releases and takes care to remove "the corporate/privacy nasties" while still retaining the (rather useful) extensions marketplace. Not a fork or…

comment by dualogy · 2019-09-29 · in Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

…distribute a telemetry-free version. Here is an example, a telemetry-free distribution of VSCode: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium Kudos to Microsoft for making the new Terminal open source (and here's hoping that it doesn't phone home…

comment by evv · 2019-05-07 · in Introducing Windows Terminal

…from MS source and are prebuilt, so there should be no telemetry in either. This explains it well: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why In case anyone wants to compare the minutiae: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/build…

comment by rl3 · 2019-04-13 · in VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers

According to their docs, even VSCodium doesn't get all the telemetry out. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md#dis...

comment by rpdillon · 2019-04-13 · in VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you're confusing the release binaries with the source? https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why

comment by jpeeler · 2019-03-14 · in Sublime Text 3.2 Released

…to the actual binaries they distribute. so you have forks that strip it out: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

comment by leeoniya · 2019-02-20 · in Microsoft is Abandoning SHA-1 Hashes for Updates

…though but the community is great and there is a ton of extensions for pretty much everything. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

comment by russdpale · 2018-12-13 · in Ask HN: What linux desktop tools/apps boosted your productivity?

Be careful that's it's only open-source if you build it yourself or if you use VS-Codium ( https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium ). The VS-Code that everyone uses is under a Microsoft License and includes close source Microsoft telemetry…

comment by asituop · 2018-12-06 · in The Rise of Microsoft Visual Studio Code

…a clean VS Code with MIT license and no spyware you have to build it yourself or use VS Codium : https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/README.md This pretty much the same idea as Chrome vs Chromium

comment by asituop · 2018-12-04 · in Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge on Windows 10

…10 like non-configurable telemetry? Yes, it does. If you want to avoid it, you can use vscodium https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

comment by earenndil · 2018-12-02 · in Microsoft is Dead (2007)

VSCodium solves that mostly ( https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium ) but we'll have to wait and see if Microsoft keeps the repo up or finds a workaround.

comment by PascLeRasc · 2018-11-22 · in Ask HN: Is Atom now dead in the water?

…about vscode, there is a fork called "VSCodium" which is vscode without any telemetry shit in it. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

comment by russdpale · 2018-11-16 · in Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10

You're looking for this repo: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium These people make a VSCode build without M$ telemetry/tracking enabled.

comment by zarex · 2018-11-16 · in Microsoft’s enterprise products covertly gather personal data on users

…disable telemetry in your settings file to stop it from sending tracking data to Microsoft. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#getting-all-the-telemet...

comment by smartbit · 2018-10-13 · in VSCode silently opts you in to data collection

…source fork of VSCode that removes telemetry and packages itself for all major operating systems. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

comment by sam0x17 · 2018-10-13 · in VSCode silently opts you in to data collection

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story by paulcarroty · 2018-10-11 · 0 comments

Are you thinking of https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium ?

comment by josh64 · 2018-09-18 · in You Think the Visual Studio Code Binary You Use Is Open Source? Think Again

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story by hsribei · 2018-08-27 · 113 comments