GNU/Linux Debian Bookworm Installing VSCodium – QuickStart Guide
Hi! This tutorial shows you step-by-step how to install VSCodium IDE on Debian Bookworm 12.x GNU/Linux Desktop.
VSCodium for Debian 12 is a community-driven, freely licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VSCode. While Microsoft’s VSCode source code is open source (MIT-licensed), the product available for download Visual Studio Code is licensed under this not-FLOSS license and contains telemetry/tracking!
By choosing to install VSCodium IDE on Debian Bookworm, you get binaries that are licensed under the MIT License and telemetry is disabled. This guide also includes detailed instructions on how to migrate from Visual Studio to VSCodium.
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1. Accessing Shell
Open a Terminal window
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2. Enabling VSCodium Repository
Add VSCodium Repository for Debian GNU/Linux
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