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I used and loved VSCodium for a while, but as a Windows user, I found it was incompatible with the Remote SSH plugin that makes development on WSL2 a breeze. Is

I used and loved VSCodium for a while, but as a Windows user, I found it was incompatible with the Remote SSH plugin that makes development on WSL2 a breeze. Is there any news on this front or an alternative users have found? EDIT: Just scrolled down to read the rest of the comments, and see this is still the case. :(

dizhn 4y ago
Windows 11 wsl2 is supposed to be able to run gui apps (without needing hacks). It should therefore be feasible to run vscodium on wsl2 itself and develop that way. I used wsl2 for a bit and it was really nice but it had the side effect or reminding me how much I missed running Linux and how much I didn't want to upgrade to Windows 11.
skohan 4y ago
Have you considered switching to a Linux desktop environment? Unless you need Windows for some reason, Linux is generally the best development environment in my experience.
- toastercat 4y ago
  I actually do run Linux on my work PC, but I prefer Windows to every Linux DE I've tried (including GNOME, KDE, Budgie, MATE, and XFCE, although XFCE is by far my favorite), so I'd prefer to stay on Windows if I can.
  - skohan 4y ago
    Wow really? Cool if it works for you, but after switching to Linux I find Windows very annoying and high-maintenance.
    - toastercat 4y ago
      I've found the opposite (although I do run Windows 10 LTSC). Most Linux distros I've tried break between releases, driver issues galore, UI aesthetic and performance inconsistencies across apps that use GTK/QT/Electron/etc. I love Linux, but as a desktop, it's really nowhere near as consistent or cohesive as its corporate counterparts.
      - skohan 4y ago
        I guess it depends on your priorities. I've had a very good experience with Pop in terms of polish, and after mostly switching to a Linux desktop Windows is unbearably noisy as an OS to me.
        toastercat 4y ago
        I also used Pop, but had visual glitches & lag with GNOME after an update. YMMV I suppose. Windows is indeed noisy as hell out of the box; it takes probably a day's worth of tweaking to get it to a usable state. Easier done with an LTSC release, hence why I stick to that.

dizhn 4y ago

Windows 11 wsl2 is supposed to be able to run gui apps (without needing hacks). It should therefore be feasible to run vscodium on wsl2 itself and develop that way. I used wsl2 for a bit and it was really nice but it had the side effect or reminding me how much I missed running Linux and how much I didn't want to upgrade to Windows 11.

skohan 4y ago

Have you considered switching to a Linux desktop environment? Unless you need Windows for some reason, Linux is generally the best development environment in my experience.

toastercat 4y ago
I actually do run Linux on my work PC, but I prefer Windows to every Linux DE I've tried (including GNOME, KDE, Budgie, MATE, and XFCE, although XFCE is by far my favorite), so I'd prefer to stay on Windows if I can.
- skohan 4y ago
  Wow really? Cool if it works for you, but after switching to Linux I find Windows very annoying and high-maintenance.
  - toastercat 4y ago
    I've found the opposite (although I do run Windows 10 LTSC). Most Linux distros I've tried break between releases, driver issues galore, UI aesthetic and performance inconsistencies across apps that use GTK/QT/Electron/etc. I love Linux, but as a desktop, it's really nowhere near as consistent or cohesive as its corporate counterparts.
    - skohan 4y ago
      I guess it depends on your priorities. I've had a very good experience with Pop in terms of polish, and after mostly switching to a Linux desktop Windows is unbearably noisy as an OS to me.
      - toastercat 4y ago
        I also used Pop, but had visual glitches & lag with GNOME after an update. YMMV I suppose. Windows is indeed noisy as hell out of the box; it takes probably a day's worth of tweaking to get it to a usable state. Easier done with an LTSC release, hence why I stick to that.