Snaps can run universally across over 40 Linux distribution variants. Visual Studio Code as a Snap means Microsoft can spend less time working on packaging and managing builds across Linux distros.

There's no doubt about it: The top ask of Visual Studio users is to run the IDE on the Linux OS. The latest evidence of that claim is that "Visual Studio for Linux?" has received the most votes among ...

Microsoft said it loves Linux now, and new tweaks to Visual Studio will appeal to open-source loving developers.

Able to run on Windows, Linux, or Mac, exceedingly extensible, with excellent support for remote development, Visual Studio Code fills many of the gaps in Microsoft’s developer story.

Breaking out of its Windows ecosystem, Microsoft has introduced a version of the Visual Studio development tool that can run on Linux and Apple Mac machines. While Visual Studio integrated ...