Patch VSCode 1.86+ For Old Linux

A way to remote connect to an old Linux system using the latest (1.86) VSCode desktop.

Usage

1. Open VSCode Remote SSH and connect to the old Linux device once. Once you see the message "Waiting for server log...", you can close the VSCode window.
2. SSH into the old Linux device and execute the patch script:

wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rectcircle/patch-vscode-1-86-for-old-linux/master/patch.sh | sudo bash -s $(whoami)

3. Retry opening VSCode Remote SSH again and reconnect to the old Linux device.

Manual downlaod and usage

In case you experience network issues.

1. Open VSCode Remote SSH and connect to the old Linux device once. Once you see the message "Waiting for server log...", you can close the VSCode window.

2. Click here or here to download patch tools.

3. SCP the patch-vscode-1-86-for-old-linux.tar.gz to old linux device.

4. Unpack it.

# use root exec
mkdir -p /opt/patch-vscode-1-86-for-old-linux
tar -zxvf patch-vscode-1-86-for-old-linux.tar.gz -C /opt/patch-vscode-1-86-for-old-linux

5. vi patch.sh and pates rectcircle/patch-vscode-1-86-for-old-linux/patch.sh script.

6. Exec bash patch.sh <username>.

7. Retry opening VSCode Remote SSH again and reconnect to the old Linux device.