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It’s open source.

• satvikpendem 4y ago
  VSCodium works fine for me too.
  • Pufferbo 4y ago
    I want to try VSCodium so much but the fact they use self signed certs leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I know it’s probably a whole lot of nothing, but if I install it on my work computer and something happens because of it I would be in a massive pickle.
    • elashri 4y ago
      Is there a problem with git clone the repo and then build it locally? It doesn't take much time.
    • mdaniel 4y ago
      I don't know if this falls into the "can't be bothered" category, but it's not horrific to build it by yourself, side-stepping whatever self-signed cert woes you're talking about
  • zelphirkalt 4y ago
    Unfortunately many VS Code users are uninformed and instead of using VS Codium by default (reproducible build, getting rid of telemetry), they put the cart before the horse and only know about VS Code, using it as the default choice. I have a hunch, that this is as intended or at least, that MS enjoys it being like that. Fair move would be to put a well visible message into VS Code or their download pages, which informs the user: "If you need to check the build, you probably want VS Codium instead." -- Of course they are not obliged to do that, but meanwhile they are collecting telemetry to no end, from users, who are not informed about their main workhorse of their job. It does not seem right to me. In general we need more awareness of telemetry, especially from companies like MS. Maybe at some point they will ship some telemetry update which the user "only needs to quickly confirm", before they can hack away and which opts into sharing code with their Copilot thingy. Before you know it, your solutions to problems are shared with other people, who will get a copy of your copy inserted. Lots of scenarios how this could go wrong, even if accidentally.
    • satvikpendem 4y ago
      Companies generally do use telemetry, and for good reason. If something breaks or crashes, it's useful to know where and what happened. I use telemetry too with my products because it really does help me figure out where the user is getting stuck. That some people, usually a very small minority, don't like it is of no concern to me, they can decide to block it or strip it away like with VSCodium.
• bmitc 4y ago
  What does that offer to it as an editor? And Visual Studio Code is open source as well. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute
  • ParetoOptimal 4y ago
    Atom doesn't have a corporation trying to slowly and quietly strangle the open source python language server to gain market share for their proprietary one.
    • apendleton 4y ago
      Atom and VS Code are literally owned by the same corporation, though, since Microsoft bought GitHub.
      • pgeorgi 4y ago
        The difference is that Atom is spun down by the owner, so this fork doesn't compete against the corp's version.
  • pedro2 4y ago
    VSCode is like Chrome: based on opensource code -- not opensource in its entirety.
    • bmitc 4y ago
      Even if one feels that way, in what way does that matter or serve as an advantage?