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Add note about what this project is (a convenience) and is not (a fork). Clarify what "free" means, since Visual Studio Code does not cost money.
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**This is not a fork. This is a repository of scripts to automatically build Microsoft's `vscode` repository with a community-driven default configuration.**
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## Table of Contents
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- [Download/Install](#download-install)
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- [Install with Brew](#install-with-brew)
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VSCodium is not available as a Flatpak app, but [@amtlib-dot-dll](https://github.com/amtlib-dot-dll) has done significant work to package up the open source build of Visual Studio Code without telemetry, very similarly to VSCodium. That package is available [here](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.visualstudio.code.oss) and the build repo is [here](https://github.com/flathub/com.visualstudio.code.oss).
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## <a id="why"></a>Why Does This Exist
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This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's VSCode.
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This repository contains build files to generate free release binaries of Microsoft's VSCode. When we speak of "free software", we're talking about freedom, not price.
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Microsoft's downloads of Visual Studio Code are licensed under [this not-FLOSS license](https://code.visualstudio.com/license) and contain telemetry/tracking. According to [this comment](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-161792005) from a Visual Studio Code maintainer:
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- [x] OSX x64 (zipped app file)
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- [x] Linux x64 (`.deb`, `.rpm`, and `.tar.gz` files)
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- [x] Linux x86 (`.deb`, `.rpm`, and `.tar.gz` files)
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- [x] Windows x86
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- [x] Windows x64
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- [x] Windows x86
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The ARM architecture is not currently supported but is being worked on.
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