You know, It’s time I play with VSCodium again.
I used it for a long time but ended up having issues with the SSH plugin and the Python support that forced me to go back to regular VSCode. But that was so long ago they surely fixed it by now…
true for eg MS’ C++ extensions or copilot - they actively block installing and running it on codium, based on some internal “app name” config of the IDE.
there’s a workaround for that though. install both codium and vsc, install extensions on vsc, symlink the “.vscode” folder to “. vscode-oss”, and edit codium’s app info json (forgot filename) to match vsc’s (mainly the “app name”).
last step needs to be done after each update, but can applied with a script, happy to share if anyone needs it. Just make sure the installed codium- and vsc versions match.
vscodium is pretty toothless compared to the first-party vscode builds. i forget the exact details, i think i was having issues with the dev container plugins not working at all.
i’ve been using zed.dev with all of the AI features turned off and its been nice. it’s probably a matter of time before they enshittify too, but for now i’m enjoying it.
I asked in a random thread about linux IDEs, thinking there’d be several to the level of VSCode and didn’t find anything recommended that was particularly new, and ended up using pulsar for taking notes (it keeps sessions with “unsaved” files somewhere so I just dump stuff into there, manages searches of file contents from certain folders like VS code) and VS Codium for development (it has ctrl+click to find usages/takes to declerations) , but I haven’t gotten python integration working on there, and would like to try something new out.
I don’t want to use Kate or NeoVim since I want a GUI and integration with “compilers”/interpreters by using buttons and such, but I haven’t found anything that doesn’t seem like its from the late 90s early 00s, which doesn’t work with my shitty eyes and 1080 displays.
You know, It’s time I play with VSCodium again.
I used it for a long time but ended up having issues with the SSH plugin and the Python support that forced me to go back to regular VSCode. But that was so long ago they surely fixed it by now…
Just be aware MS did the MS thing of not permitting some plugins to work on non vscode installations like the corporate dicks they are.
true for eg MS’ C++ extensions or copilot - they actively block installing and running it on codium, based on some internal “app name” config of the IDE.
there’s a workaround for that though. install both codium and vsc, install extensions on vsc, symlink the “.vscode” folder to “. vscode-oss”, and edit codium’s app info json (forgot filename) to match vsc’s (mainly the “app name”).
last step needs to be done after each update, but can applied with a script, happy to share if anyone needs it. Just make sure the installed codium- and vsc versions match.
vscodium is pretty toothless compared to the first-party vscode builds. i forget the exact details, i think i was having issues with the dev container plugins not working at all.
i’ve been using zed.dev with all of the AI features turned off and its been nice. it’s probably a matter of time before they enshittify too, but for now i’m enjoying it.
what did you use instead, especially for Python?
I asked in a random thread about linux IDEs, thinking there’d be several to the level of VSCode and didn’t find anything recommended that was particularly new, and ended up using pulsar for taking notes (it keeps sessions with “unsaved” files somewhere so I just dump stuff into there, manages searches of file contents from certain folders like VS code) and VS Codium for development (it has ctrl+click to find usages/takes to declerations) , but I haven’t gotten python integration working on there, and would like to try something new out.
I don’t want to use Kate or NeoVim since I want a GUI and integration with “compilers”/interpreters by using buttons and such, but I haven’t found anything that doesn’t seem like its from the late 90s early 00s, which doesn’t work with my shitty eyes and 1080 displays.
PyCharm? Spacemacs ? Both work fine as Python IDEs (so can neovim, but it does’t have a GUI)