8.7 Desktop Applications
This section primarily addresses issues encountered when using third-party applications on the desktop.
Q1: The downloaded Visual Studio Code application won't open?
A:
- Open via command line: Visual Studio Code uses an Electron shell that has known issues with GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) hardware acceleration on certain systems. You can try disabling GPU acceleration by launching VS Code with the Electron
--disable-gpucommand-line flag (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_vs-code-is-blank):
code --disable-gpu