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VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files

https://lemmy.nz/post/33927804

VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files - Lemmy NZ

Lemmy

Feb 4 at 4:12amWeb
Show threadRamRabbitFeb 4
Microsoft managing to make even their Linux software not achieve basic functions like…deleting files.
Show threadkbobabobFeb 4
It’s a snaps issue. Guessing you didn’t read past the headline.
Show threaddb2Feb 4
Show threadhomesFeb 4
ROCKEY
Show threadAtherelFeb 4
HORROR
Show threadAngryCommieKenderFeb 4
BRAD!
Show thread Morphit Feb 5
JANET!
Show threadjust_another_personFeb 4
Wha??? A Microsoft product!!! Nooooo… c’mon
Show threadsuicidaleggrollFeb 4
Friendly reminder that VSCodium exists, and nobody should be using Microslop’s spyware version anyway.
Show threadMadMadBunnyFeb 4
Oh nice, I didn’t know, thank you!
Show threadEm AdespotonFeb 4
VSCodium would have the same Electron caching issues though, wouldn’t it?
Show threadKay OhtieFeb 4
That’d be relevant if it were the issue and not specifically snap related.
Show threadOtterFeb 4

The only difference downside really is the occasional extension that needs a manual install.

I’ve been trying out VSIX Manager for my extensions so that I can keep track of which ones I want to install on each machine. This can make it easier to install the weird extensions that you can’t install otherwise

open-vsx.org/extension/zokugun/vsix-manager

Open VSX Registry

Show threadIratePirateFeb 4

The only difference really is the occasional extension that needs a manual install.

Well, that and the lack of telemetry and “phoning home” to Redmond. And that’s a big one.

Show threadOtterFeb 4

Whoops, I meant to say “only downside”. Edited it

There are lots of positive differences

Show threadFooBarringtonFeb 4

Not the only downside - some MS developed extensions, e.g. their Python integration, have to be patched to work with VSCodium: github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/discussions/1641

Yeah, they really added DRM.

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Show threaddjangoFeb 4
Friendly reminder, that Emacs exists.
Show thread_cnt0Feb 4
Hostile reminder that vi exists.
Show threadVictorFeb 4
Helix crew, where we at
Show threaddemonswordFeb 4
#nano4life
Show threadBonkTheAnnoyedFeb 4
JED checking in from out wherever Voyager is at the moment (sorry about the lag)
Show threadZinkFeb 5

I open nano more often than any other editor, and by a lot. I spend more TIME in vscode and maybe Kate, but lately I’ve been tweaking setups on a couple of machines.

sudo nano /that/cfg/file/u/thinking/.about
Show thread Morphit Feb 5
Use sudoedit (or sudo -e) to make sure you don’t mess up permissions and also export EDITOR=vim in your shell to use a superior editor.
Show threadSp00kyB00kFeb 4
And vim/nvim.
Show threadCorizaFeb 5
And vim~~/nvim~~.
Show threadGraveyardOrbitFeb 4
eMacs has a lot less functionality than vs code and it’s 100x harder to use
Show threadCorizaFeb 5
I am sorry? Are you suggesting that somehow an text editor has more functionality than a fucking OS?
Show threadGraveyardOrbitFeb 5
Emacs is not an operating system it’s a text editor
Show threadCorizaFeb 5

It is an old joke that I thought was very well known, at least for people that know about emacs, my mistake, but hey, Luck 10.000 of you, so here it goes:

“Emacs is a great operating system, lacking only a decent text editor”

Ten Thousand

xkcd
Show threadMCHEVAFeb 4
I tried open vss I think it’s called on arch and I have trouble using it to remotely access configs on my home server via the SSH extension. I got fed up with it and installed the MS version from yay. I resent it but it works.
Show threadlemonazFeb 4
I think the open version might not have the ms extension store configured. There should be a separate AUR package for that. At least there is for VSCodium. Alternately you can just grab the VSIX for the extensions you want from the MS version and install them on the open one. Personally I don’t know what open vss is so I use codium.
Show threadMCHEVAFeb 4
I got it working on vscodium, i’ll try using that. thanks!
Show threadlemonazFeb 4
Awesome, great to hear that!
Show threadMirror GiraffeFeb 4
Been using zed lately. Pretty similar ui, wildly different performance.
Show threadVictorFeb 4
I’ve been using sed recently to edit my lines. Quite cumbersome but it gets the work done.
Show threadBlameTheAntifaFeb 4
Team Jetbrains!
Show threadtechnocritFeb 4
Friendly reminder that Kate has nothing to do with Microsoft at all.
Show threadRailcar8095Feb 5
Arent a lot of extensions incompatible by design? Some closed part of vscode needed for full functionality.
Show threadZoteTheMightyFeb 4
My favorite fun fact about VSCode is it stores all its cache files in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME.
Show threaddeadbeef79000Feb 4
Yay, it uses the XDG dirs… Wait, no, not like that.
Show threadRalfWausEFeb 4
If you are on Linux, use a real editor like Vim or Emacs and not… THAT
Show threadElvith Ma'forFeb 4

Help, how do I get out!!!

^/s^

Show threadRalfWausEFeb 4
There IS no leaving. If you are IN, you STAY IN.
Show threadVictorFeb 4
Helix, baby
Show threadRalfWausEFeb 4
I have tried it… its not bad
Show threadVictorFeb 4
I’m glad you gave it a go 🙂
Show threadpivot_rootFeb 4
Funny how it’s only a problem when using the Snap distribution.
Show threadtechnocritFeb 4
The flatpack version is slow and crashy AF.
Show threadthejmlFeb 4
Can’t we just go back to native installs?
Show threadbleistift2Feb 4
They do provide a *.deb.
Show threadTreczoksFeb 4
It’s a snap problem, not actually a VS Code issue. Just another reason why snap is bad.
Show threadSir. HaxalotFeb 4
I like that the article excerpt clearly says that it’s simply about files not being removed when the trash bin is emptied, and it’s a problem specific to the Canonical snap system.. Yet every single other comment in here rants about Microsoft spyware. Not many people read beyond the headline, lol.
Show threadAbidanYreFeb 4
So you’re saying it’s Canonical spyware?
Show threadPhoenixzFeb 4
No, he’s saying that canonical’s snap sucks
Show threadSir. HaxalotFeb 4
I can’t really tell if you’re joking or not but no, I’m saying that it’s a bug, and at no point anything is sent off your computer
Show threadAbidanYreFeb 4
Just generally piling on that snaps suck.
Show threadtrololololFeb 5

Well he’s saying snaps are thrash.

So basically you’re telling the snap app to put something in the trash, and snap says “it always has been. Nothing to do here”