#vscode Drops Ubuntu 18.04 Support, Devs Feel “Screwed”
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/vscode-drops-ubuntu-18-04-support-leaves-devs-screwed
Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has dropped support for #ubuntu_18.04_LTS — a move causing issues for scores of developers. VS Code 1.86 (aka the ‘January 2024’ update) saw #Microsoft bump the minimum build requirements for the text editor’s popular remote dev tools to ≥glibc 2.28 — but Ubuntu 18.04 LTS uses glibc 2.27, ergo they no longer work. While Ubuntu 18.04 is supported by Canonical until 2028 (through ESM) a major glibc upgrade is unlikely. Thus, this “breaking change” is truly breaking workflows: “Yeah this has completely screwed me. I have a number of older servers and […] You’re reading VSCode Drops Ubuntu 18.04 Support, Devs Feel “Screwed”, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
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