timamsk/vscodium
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium.git synced 2026-04-21 18:40:16 +10:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Undo telemetry before build (#27)

Browse Source 
Closes #26 

* Undo telemetry before build

* Update README to clarify telemetry disabling process
This commit is contained in:
Peter Squicciarini
2018-10-05 09:43:05 -04:00
committed by GitHub
parent ae47b31091
commit f805d740bb
3 changed files with 29 additions and 0 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

17
README.md
View File

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
- [Download/Install](#download-install)
- [Install with Brew](#install-with-brew)
- [Why Does This Exist](#why)
- [Getting all the Telemetry Out](#disable-telemetry)
- [Supported OS](#supported-os)
- [Extensions + Marketplace](#extensions-marketplace)
- [Migrating from Visual Studio Code to VSCodium](#migrating)
@@ -47,6 +48,22 @@ Microsoft's build process does download additional files. This was brought up in
- electron
- ffmpeg
## <a id="disable-telemetry"></a>Getting all the Telemetry Out
Even though we do not pass the telemetry build flags (and go out of our way to cripple the baked-in telemetry), Microsoft will still track usage by default. After installing VSCodium, you must manually disable telemetry in your settings file to stop it from sending tracking data to Microsoft.
The instructions [here](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_how-to-disable-telemetry-reporting) and [here](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_how-to-disable-crash-reporting) help with disabling telemetry.
It is also highly recommended that you review all the settings that "use online services" by following [these instructions](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_managing-online-services). The `@tag:usesOnlineServices` filter on the settings page will show that by default:
- Extensions auto check for updates and auto install updates
- Searches within the app are sent to an online service for "natural language processing"
- Updates to the app are fetched in the background
These can all be disabled.
__Please note that some extensions send telemetry data to Microsoft as well. We have no control over this and can only recommend removing the extension.__
_(For example the C# extension `ms-vscode.csharp` sends tracking data to Microsoft.)_
## <a id="supported-os"></a>Supported OS
- [x] OSX x64 (zipped app file)
- [x] Linux x64 (`.deb`, `.rpm`, and `.tar.gz` files)