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+VSCodium: 100% Open Source Version of Microsoft VS Code
+======
+
+_**Brief: VSCodium is a fork of Microsoft’s popular Visual Studio Code editor. It’s identical to VS Code with the single biggest difference that unlike VS Code, VSCodium doesn’t track your usage data.**_
+
+Microsoft’s [Visual Studio Code][1] is an excellent editor not only for web developers but also for other programmers. Due to its features, it’s considered one of the best open source code editors.
+
+Yes, it’s one of the many open source products from Microsoft. You can [easily install Visual Studio Code in Linux][2] thanks to the ready to use binaries in the form of DEB, RPM and Snap packages.
+
+And there is a problem which might not be an issue for a regular user but significant to an open source purist.
+
+The ready to use binaries Microsoft provides are not open source.
+
+Confused? Let me explain.
+
+The source code of VS Code is open sourced under MIT license. You can access it on the [GitHub][3]. However, the [installation files that Microsoft has created contain proprietary telemetry/tracking][4].
+
+This tracking basically collects usage data and sends it to Microsoft to ‘help improve their products and services’. Telemetry reporting is common with software products these days. Even [Ubuntu does that but with more transparency][5].
+
+You can [disable the telemetry in VS Code][6] but can you trust Microsoft completely? If the answer is no, then what are your options?
+
+You can build it from the source code and thus keep everything open source. But [installing from source code][7] is not always the prettiest option specially in today’s world when we are so used to of having binaries.
+
+Another option is to use VSCodium!
+
+### VSCodium: 100% open source form of Visual Studio Code
+
+![][8]
+
+[VSCodium][9] is a fork of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. This project’s sole aim is to provide you with ready to use binaries without Microsoft’s telemetry code.
+
+[][10]
+
+Suggested read  SuiteCRM: An Open Source CRM Takes Aim At Salesforce
+
+This solves the problem where you want to use VS Code without the proprietary code from Microsoft but you are not comfortable with building it from the source.
+
+Since [VSCodium is a fork of VS Code][11], it looks and functions exactly the same as VS Code.
+
+Here’s a screenshot of the first run of VS Code and VSCodium side by side in Ubuntu. Can you distinguish one from another?
+
+![Can you guess which is VSCode and VSCodium?][12]
+
+If you have not been able to distinguish between the two, look at the bottom.
+
+![That’s Microsoft][13]
+
+Apart from this and the logo of the two applications, there is no other noticeable difference.
+
+![VSCodium and VS Code in GNOME Menu][14]
+
+#### Installing VSCodium on Linux
+
+While VSCodium is available in some distributions like Parrot OS, you’ll have to add additional repositories in other Linux distributions.
+
+On Ubuntu and Debian based distributions, you can use the following commands to install VSCodium.
+
+First, add the GPG key of the repository:
+
+```
+wget -qO - https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
+```
+
+And then add the repository itself:
+
+```
+echo 'deb https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/repos/debs/ vscodium main' | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
+```
+
+Now update your system and install VSCodium:
+
+```
+sudo apt update && sudo apt install codium
+```
+
+You can find the [installation instructions for other distributions on its page][15]. You should also read the [instructions about migrating from VS Code to VSCodium][16].
+
+**What do you think of VSCodium?**
+
+Personally, I like the concept of VSCodium. To use the cliche, the project has its heart in the right place. I think, Linux distributions committed to open source may even start including it in their official repository.
+
+What do you think? Is it worth switching to VSCodium or would you rather opt out of the telemetry and continue using VS Code?
+
+And please, no “I use Vim” comments :D
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+via: https://itsfoss.com/vscodium/
+
+作者：[Abhishek Prakash][a]
+选题：[lujun9972][b]
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+[1]: https://code.visualstudio.com/
+[2]: https://itsfoss.com/install-visual-studio-code-ubuntu/
+[3]: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode
+[4]: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-161792005
+[5]: https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-data-collection-stats/
+[6]: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_how-to-disable-telemetry-reporting
+[7]: https://itsfoss.com/install-software-from-source-code/
+[8]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/vscodium.png?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1
+[9]: https://vscodium.com/
+[10]: https://itsfoss.com/suitecrm-ondemand/
+[11]: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
+[12]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/vscodium-vs-vscode.png?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1
+[13]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/microsoft-vscode-tracking.png?resize=800%2C259&ssl=1
+[14]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/vscodium-and-vscode.jpg?resize=800%2C220&ssl=1
+[15]: https://vscodium.com/#install
+[16]: https://vscodium.com/#migrate