I get that it’s open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

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Yet most project uses GitHub too you know…

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True but GitHub wasn’t always Microsoft and at least in my experience moving between git providers is a pain

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How is it a pain? You just change the origin on your existing project, and new projects you just use the new one to start with.

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You gotta change the origin on every deployment you have. Update environment vars, reconfigure tools. You have to port all your PRs over somehow. Your issues. Your documentation. All the access keys. Etc.

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Because the hate is based on their shitty OS. They did a fairly good job with VSCode. Our hate isn’t blind.

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VScode is the epitome of the EEE strategy. The core product is open-source, but it’s filled to the brim with tracking and the official extensions have DRM. Yes, there’s DRM on your python LSP.

Anyone who gives a shit should look for alternatives right away. The problem is just that there aren’t any that are as easy to set up.

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And what would that DRM do?

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Make sure that the addons can only be used by VScode. There’s vscodium for now, but microsoft could easily shut that down.

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Choosing not to use good software from the same company just because another software they offer is subpar would be an unreasonable decision.

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Kind of the conclusion I’d come to.

Would you use excel if it were on Linux? It’s one of the other few Microsoft products I think is actually pretty good.

Obviously not foss but still

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Microsoft Office suite is obviously superior to its concurrents. If it were available on linux I’d use it, despite being about FOSS ideology. Sometimes, non-FOSS can be better alternatives. However, OnlyOffice is still neat and gets the job done.

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It’s a battle they are going to lose in the long run. When you write closed sourge code, you make a bet that you’re better than all available FOSS developers in the field.

Didn’t Excel make a big fuss about python integration when Libreoofice has had that for years?

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Ohh can you do Exel-Style arithmetics in Word tables? You can in LibreOffice. Maybe it’s just so widely used no one really knows other Office programs are basically on par with MS Office or even better.

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I only use vim.

i have been trapped for 2 years now… hope seems pointless

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you get trapped in Vim because you dont know how to exit.

i get trapped because ive sunk so much time configuring

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May your vimrc be passed down through the ages

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Its all I’m leaving my kids

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Y’all use VSCode??? Whatever happened to good ol’ Sublime Text?

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Both are text editors, but VSCode’s plugin system and various config options can turn it a fully fledged IDE for the languages of your choice.

Besides, Sublime is exactly that: good, old.

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But this is a Linux community. What about doing one thing well?

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So you don’t like GNU Emacs. Got it.

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