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Microsoft is favoring Anthropic's AI models over OpenAI's GPT-5 for its Visual Studio Code editor and GitHub Copilot, with internal benchmarks supporting this choice. The company is also investing heavily in training its own AI models and plans to incorporate Anthropic's models into Microsoft 365 apps, indicating a strategic shift in AI partnerships and development.
This article explains how to set up Visual Studio Code as a Python integrated development environment (IDE) on Ubuntu Linux, including installing Python and VS Code, using VS Code with Python, creating a simple "Hello" app, and running the app within the user-friendly IDE.
Microsoft's recent update to Visual Studio Code has caused issues for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS users due to a change in minimum build requirements, leading to a break in workflows for developers. The update, which automatically installed for most users, raised the minimum glibc version to 2.28, incompatible with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS's 2.27. Affected developers were caught off-guard and are now facing challenges in their work. Microsoft has suggested workarounds, including using the web client or downgrading to a previous version, while also locking heated discussions on GitHub.