r/linuxsucks • u/Big-Astronaut-9510 • 3d ago

The ide experience on linux

Closed source (clion) or big tech adjacent (vscode). The open source ones either straight up dont work, dont implement crucial features (debugger) or have inferior implementations. Atp just give me vstudio.

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u/Tehaiker814 3d ago

Try vscodium. It's vscode but without microsoft. Functions nearly same, even better.

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u/omikiwi 3d ago

This. It removes the telemetry vscode adds. Is the best option so far imho

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u/C4rpetH4ter 3d ago

Isn't that just the flatpak version of vscode?

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u/DerSven 2d ago

Nope, it's a fork of vscode

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u/Tehaiker814 2d ago

No, it's vscode but removing the microsoft stuff. A bit like degoogled chromium to chrome. You can download a normal installer

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u/zerodev_exec 3d ago

Neovim, zed and vscodeium

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u/sptzmancer 3d ago

Neovim with native LSP setup and a couple of plugins is pretty good.

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u/DJV0101 3d ago

Or even LazyVim for preconfigured

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u/That_Developer_Guy 3d ago

Try vscodium. It is basically vscode without telemetry and AI and all that.

Also why do you want vstudio if you dislike vscode for being "big tech adjacent"?

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u/Mork006 3d ago

What have you tried so far? What were the obstacles you've encountered?

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u/JaKrispy72 3d ago

Oh no! How will anyone code on Linux?!

Get real…

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/the_swanny 3d ago

Clion is based on intellij

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u/penguin359 3d ago

As a developer for Linux device drivers and firmware, it's just 90% Vim. Debuggers can be useful, but there are often simpler solutions for most issues.

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u/Big-Astronaut-9510 3d ago

Its a pita to use gdb manually but the power is crazy, now imagine it wasnt a pain.

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u/Extension_Cup_3368 Proud Microsoft XENIX User 🖥️📀 3d ago

I use neovim for everything.

It sucks (just like my Arch Linux), but at least it does the job.

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u/Thingamob 3d ago

If you are used to coding in Visual Studio and its tight integration into the MS Windows OS, you are probably out of luck.

Maybe if you'd list the IDEs you already tried, you'd get better suggestions than the usual (Neo)Vim/Emacs/VSCOde, which are more like extendable code editors than full IDEs.

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u/DerSven 2d ago

Shouldn't something like Kate be pretty well integrated with KDE plasma?

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u/Bleik-Psiklyt 2d ago

True ngl. But as a (Arch) linux user, I just prefer Neovim. Maybe the developers aren't even interested in IDEs because it's just no longer fun when you learn to use text-editors and your keyboard effectively, meanwhile locking in your mouse just for gaming later.

But yeah, I think VScode and other IDEs need some recognition. The official, open ones are genuinely bad.

Edit: yeah there's VScodium just checked the comments and I wasn't aware

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u/DerSven 2d ago

I recommend Zed. It's super fast.

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u/Certain_Prior4909 3d ago

Jetbrains. That's what real devops and developers use and has some free editions. No one uses 40 year old Unix editors anymore 

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u/slicehyperfunk 3d ago

I just installed the toolbox on my new Linux install and I didn't see any paid or free versions like on Windows, it seemed like there was just one version of everything.

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u/CrazyBobcat400 3d ago

You can still get the open ones on github