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Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why? (lemmy.ml)
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[+] 49 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    are there any good open source alternatives for VSCode for people that don't want to learn emacs/vim? I've been looking for a good code editor to replace it but I haven't been impressed elsewhere

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 3 years ago

    VSCode is open (MIT) but it is packaged by MS to include some tracking/telemetry and they are distributed under a non-free license.

    You can use VSCodium for a telemetry free and MIT licensed binary or you are free to build the source where the default config is no telemetry and MIT license.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago

    There is always Eclipse IDE. It's not as polished as Jetbrain's apps for sure but it's still very capable. It's published under the Eclipse Public License. I think the language server code that's used in VSCode is from Eclipse, it can be used for developing many languages and there are lots of plugins and other add-ons to enhance the experience.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

    But to be fair, the plugin capabilities for VS code are incredible. Of course its a lot more work but you can pretty much replicate the VS experience

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  • [+] 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)
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