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If I need VS Code, I reach for VSCodium. https://vscodium.com/

It's not the topic of the article.

Is there a complete listing somewhere of exactly what’s different between the two, both in terms of features and end-to-end experience?

The core program is exactly the same, built from the same source code, using the same build script, just with different default settings and configs (mainly turning off all telemetry and changing the branding).

The big difference is when it comes to extensions. VSCodium does not have access to the official Microsoft extension marketplace or any of the closed source Microsoft extensions. Most Open Source and third party extensions are available, but a few will be missing, with the biggest one probably being the Remote Development tools.

You didn't even read the article. Did you? How vscodium solves the problem of author?

> Ultimately, it comes down to this: Flatpaks run isolated from the host OS, which is fundamentally incompatible with developing code in an IDE.

I consider vscodium to solve that problem by integrating with the operating system.

https://vscodium.com/#use-a-package-manager-deb-rpm-provided...

VSCode provides packages too. The problem is the OS defaulting to a flatpak.

I credited the article's author with being able to summarize their problem.

Since Fedora 39 does not default to a flatpak in the case of VScodium, it also solves the problem you describe.

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