What is VSCodium?
VSCodium is a clone of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. The project’s sole aim is to provide you with ready to use binaries without Microsoft’s telemetry and tracking code. -https://vscodium.com/
Installing on Linux Devices with APT
- Log into the Linux device
- Run the following commands in a terminal window
# download the gpg key
wget -qO - https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
# add the vscodium apt repository
echo 'deb https://paulcarroty.gitlab.io/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/debs/ vscodium main' | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
# update software repositories
sudo apt update
# install vscodium
sudo apt install codium
VSCodium is also available as an AppImage or Windows installation package from their GitHub at https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases