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@jackpot@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

vscodium, vscode without spyware

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vscodium, vscode without spyware

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@jackpot@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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GitHub - VSCodium/vscodium: binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
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    Alternatively you can deactivate all tracking in VSCode and therefore make it exactly the same as VSCodium afaik. Only takes a few seconds.

    https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/telemetry#:~:text=Disable telemetry reporting,-With the telemetry&text=From File > Preferences > Settings%2C,when you disable the setting.

    VSCodium uses another marketplace. A lot of addons are either on an older version or not even available. Tried it once but moved back to VSCode after a few minutes. I prefer my addons.

    Well not exactly the same. I’m not sure anymore but I think it misses the possibility to sync settings via Microsoft account and possibly via GitHub account as well since it belongs to MS but I’m not sure.

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      As far as I know the telemetry code isn’t open-source and so is not vscode. The version installed from https://code.visualstudio.com/ is actually under a non-FOSS license and might have spooky microsoft stuff but vscodium is built directly from the source of vscode without any of that.

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