No Visual Studio Ide for Linux/macos
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Microsoft confirms that Visual Studio IDE will not be available for Linux or macOS, sparking discussion about the implications and potential alternatives.
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Even though there is there are Microsoft plugins for Visual Studio like capabilities, they are only a subset of everything that Visual Studio is capable of.
It's exactly the same as Google Chrome vs chromium. One is very much not the other
VS Code and Visual Studio IDE are fundamentally different products. One is a lightweight editor, the other is a full IDE with different architecture and capabilities. Chrome and Chromium are the same product type (browsers) where Chrome is built from Chromium source with proprietary additions[1].
A better analogy would be VS Code vs VSCodium, which actually mirrors Chrome vs Chromium: same codebase, one with Microsoft's proprietary bits removed, or Fedora vs RHEL.
[1] Both Google Chrome and Chromium are maintained by Google.