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vscodium, vscode without spyware
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this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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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%20telemetry%20reporting,-With%20the%20telemetry&text=From%20File%20%3E%20Preferences%20%3E%20Settings%2C,when%20you%20disable%20the%20setting.
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.
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.
Sure. But functionally wise it’s the exact same software after you toggle said setting. I like FOSS but in this case it has zero benefit.