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Building the open source repo gets you something which isn't VSCode. It doesn't install a lot of VSCode extensions, therefore you shouldn't call it VSCode and s
by lozenge 2y ago
Building the open source repo gets you something which isn't VSCode. It doesn't install a lot of VSCode extensions, therefore you shouldn't call it VSCode and shouldn't say VSCode is FOSS.
- actionfromafar 2y agoThis is very well put. If the open source repo was named "VSCodium" it would communicate better what is going on. (Chrome / Chromium.) Edit: to be clear, I think Microsoft should offer VSCodium themselves and state clearly that they take that, bundle it with other stuff, and are calling that blob VSCode.
- petre 2y ago> I think Microsoft should offer VSCodium themselves The instant they do that I'm moving to Theia or something else (zed?). MS is not to be trusted, as outlined by this article.