Re: [IBMiOSS] VS Code for i on Linux Mint

Mint should work fine with VS Code if you install the packages.

Or as Jack mentioned Ubuntu or even something like Pop!_OS might work.

FWIW - Your just barely too old laptop will run Windows 11 just fine. There's a little workaround needed to get it to work.

Win11 has been running happily on my 2011 machine and several others.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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message: 1
date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:17:00 +0000
from: Dan Bale <dan.bale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: [IBMiOSS] VS Code for i on Linux Mint

As Microsoft has deemed my just-barely-too-old Win10 laptop is unable to upgrade to Win11, I am preparing to migrate that laptop to Linux Mint. I see the VS Code download page has downloads for Linux, and it specifically mentions Ubuntu (for the .deb package). I understand that Mint is a fork of Ubuntu and, therefore, I suppose the .deb package will install and work fine on Mint. But I am a total Linux noob, so I don't know if there are peculiarities that might upend my assumptions. And, even if VS Code installs and works fine on Mint, is it an automatic given that the Code for i extensions will as well?

- Dan Bale
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