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Now that I have a new laptop to install it is time switch to #VSCodium I guess and give #VSCode the bye-bye 👋

#Poll: Which of these code #editor softwares are you currently using for #development?

Here's info about differences between the two: https://www.roboleary.net/tools/2022/05/31/vscode-vscodium-which-should-i-use.html

VS Code or VS Codium?

VS Code is a mostly open-source code editor. VS Codium is a fully open-source alternative. Which is one best for you?
Rob O'Leary

  • VSCode (15%, 22 votes)
  • VSCodium (20%, 29 votes)
  • Neither of those (57%, 84 votes)
  • VSCode, but I intend to switch (6%, 10 votes)
145 voters. Poll end: 1 year ago

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Rimu
Rimu
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You mean for frontend development? I've been using Sublime Text for Typescript but would switch to VSCodium if I was serious about it (I'm mostly a backend dev, using PyCharm and PHPStorm).

AFAIK there is almost no functional difference between VSCode and VSCodium.
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tok 🕊️
tok 🕊️
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In my opinion Microsoft doesn't deserve that the FLOSS community advertises in some way their products.

VSCodium is still a MS product. Advertising it or contributing to it still helps MS to build a better image and a better product.

True, true, MS may contribute to open-source but mostly knows how to *exploit* open-source.

The vast majority of their products are still proprietary and not human friendly. And I think this is getting worse.

Let's not fall for the PR.
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grayrattus
grayrattus
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well there are some things that Microsoft did good. Typescript is a great example.

My biggest problem with Microsoft is that it's know from its approach to destroy competition. Look what happened to github. They bought it and now every piece of code there was used to train copilot.

They also can't buy OpenSource and Linux so what they try to do is to make community dependent on their software and leach on it. I personally don't put my new stuff on github.
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n8chz
n8chz
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I''ve graduated from "is there an open source alternative" to "is there a noncommercial alternative"
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Rokosun
Rokosun
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You might be interested in https://trade-free.org, they have a directory full of trade-free goods and services at https://directory.trade-free.org.

Trade-free means you don't need to trade your data (tracking), attention (ads), money (paywalled features), freedom (walled gardens), etc. for using a service.

@t0k @humanetech

Trade-Free Directory

These goods and services are submitted and reviewed by people like you. We cannot guarantee that all of what you see here is trade-free, since at times it is very difficult to review them all and do so properly.
Trade-Free Directory
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Billy Smith
Billy Smith
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Also, have a look at the work done by CoTech:

https://www.coops.tech/

They're a group of tech co-op's working on digital infrastructure for co-operatives, so they''re working with a lot of worker-owned organisations. 😁

CoTech « Cooperative Technologists

Building a tech industry that's better for its workers and customers through co-operation, democracy and worker ownership.
CoTech « Cooperative Technologists
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Rokosun
Rokosun
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BTW, I just wanted to point out that https://trade-free.org is a decentralized movement like how the FOSS movement is now. This means that anyone can be a part of it if they want. Most humanitarian organizations can be considered as trade-free because they provide people with goods/services without asking for anything in return. As long as the end product can be accessed without trading (ads, tracking, paid services, walled gardens, etc.), then its trade-free
@n8chz @t0k @humanetech

Trade-Free

trade-free.org
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Tom Stoneham ⬜
Tom Stoneham ⬜
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Thank-you for that link! A really interesting idea. The classical micro-economics I was taught claimed to be the study of the distribution of scarce resources.
Supposing resources are not scarce, there is still a distribution question for physical resources, which are subject to unequal geographical distribution.
Going to need to think more about this!
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Rokosun
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@Rokosun @smallcircles (Humane Tech Now) @Aaron @Tom Stoneham ⬜

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Ryuno-Ki
Ryuno-Ki
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You've heard the news of Atom getting abandoned by GitHub (a Microsoft company)?
@humanetech
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lefarfadet
lefarfadet
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Tried vscodium with c sharp plugins but i couldn't get it to debug nunit unit tests... it's been a while i didnt try though
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smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
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yes, the linked article explains that those are the areas where you can get into trouble.. where particular MS plugins cannot be operated on #VSCodium.
#vscodium
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