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by devdao 791 days ago
You can't forkvscode...
3 comments
SpecialistK 791 days ago
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/forks

27,000 people seem to have done so.

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amarshall 791 days ago
That repo is not actually VS Code. What you get when you download compiled VS Code releases includes proprietary, closed-source components. If you build “VS Code” from OSS components, you do not end up with VS Code.
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QuantumG 791 days ago
Chromium is still useful but it's not Chrome.
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imtringued 789 days ago
So you're saying Microsoft should share their brand with you?
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amarshall 782 days ago
No, and I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.
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circuit10 790 days ago
Most of the differences are configuration though, or at least I didn’t notice any significant differences other than that using an unbranded build
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Nullabillity 791 days ago
microsoft/vscode is not the same as the VS Code you download from MS. The latter has a bunch of DRM stuff that many MS plugins require.
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devdao 779 days ago
Thank you, downvoters, for freeing me from ever taking votes here seriously. Downvote a man for being right? About an on topic technical matter? In a technical forum?

Thanks ;)

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dreadlordbone 791 days ago
Cursor is an AI first fork of VS Code
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