Ubuntu 18.04 LTS是否有微软官方维护的VSCode Snap包及未来规划？

Great question! Let's break this down clearly for you:

• Current state: Microsoft does not maintain an official Visual Studio Code Snap package. The version you found from flexiondotorg is indeed a community-maintained, unofficial build.
• Official Linux installation options: As you observed, the official VS Code Linux installation page only lists these officially supported distribution methods:
  • Debian/Ubuntu DEB packages
  • Fedora/RHEL RPM packages
  • Directly downloadable tar.gz archive from the official site
  • Official Flatpak package hosted on Flathub
• Future plans: After checking the official GitHub contribution guidelines and public communications from the VS Code team, there’s no publicly announced timeline or confirmed plan to release an official Snap package at this moment.

If you want a fully official, actively maintained version of VS Code on Linux, your most reliable choices are the DEB/RPM packages, the official tar.gz archive, or the Flatpak build.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者dohjon