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[β] tasinone@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) @vox @Kinglink why not vscode? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] vox@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 years ago* (1 child) ... because official vscode binaries are proprietary, released under EULA and include tracking components official vscode(oss) binaries still have tracking, they're not properly configured and come without any marketplace. (arch ships a config file with openvsix though) vscodium comes without tracking and pre-configured with openvsix marketplace, and also provides it's own branding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tasinone@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) @vox really!! I thought that vscode open source permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 years ago* yes, but vscode's source code is still released under an open-source license. (that's what vscodium and code-oss are built from) permalink fedilink source parent [β] milady@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago There's the base vs code source code, which microsoft takes, adds a bunch of tracking, compiles it, and distributes that binary. If you compiled vs code yourself from source, you would not get the same executable. A bit like chrome, because i'm pretty sure chrome isn't open source, chromium is. Could be wrong on that. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] vox@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 years ago* (1 child) ... because official vscode binaries are proprietary, released under EULA and include tracking components official vscode(oss) binaries still have tracking, they're not properly configured and come without any marketplace. (arch ships a config file with openvsix though) vscodium comes without tracking and pre-configured with openvsix marketplace, and also provides it's own branding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tasinone@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) @vox really!! I thought that vscode open source permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 years ago* yes, but vscode's source code is still released under an open-source license. (that's what vscodium and code-oss are built from) permalink fedilink source parent [β] milady@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago There's the base vs code source code, which microsoft takes, adds a bunch of tracking, compiles it, and distributes that binary. If you compiled vs code yourself from source, you would not get the same executable. A bit like chrome, because i'm pretty sure chrome isn't open source, chromium is. Could be wrong on that. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] tasinone@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) @vox really!! I thought that vscode open source permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 years ago* yes, but vscode's source code is still released under an open-source license. (that's what vscodium and code-oss are built from) permalink fedilink source parent [β] milady@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago There's the base vs code source code, which microsoft takes, adds a bunch of tracking, compiles it, and distributes that binary. If you compiled vs code yourself from source, you would not get the same executable. A bit like chrome, because i'm pretty sure chrome isn't open source, chromium is. Could be wrong on that. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 years ago* yes, but vscode's source code is still released under an open-source license. (that's what vscodium and code-oss are built from) permalink fedilink source parent
[β] milady@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago There's the base vs code source code, which microsoft takes, adds a bunch of tracking, compiles it, and distributes that binary. If you compiled vs code yourself from source, you would not get the same executable. A bit like chrome, because i'm pretty sure chrome isn't open source, chromium is. Could be wrong on that. permalink fedilink source parent
