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@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ It should also be wayland by default, but you can check it by `doas apk add xeye
 In order for screen sharing to work, go to `chrome://flags/#enable-webrtc-pipewire-capturer` and enable it.
 Note though that every time you screenshare, there will be two promps from xdg-desktop-portal, one for picking a source, and another for actually sharing.
 
+### Archives
+
+`apk install ouch` to avoid having to remember `tar` flags etc, and instead do `ouch decompress archive.tar.gz` (for any archive format).
+
 ### Git
 
 ```
@@ -677,33 +681,40 @@ doas rc-service squid start
 
 In host, create new FF profile (`about:profiles`) for that purpose, and configure it to use squid proxy running inside of container.
 
-#### VS Code Remote (does not work)
+#### VS Code Remote
 
-Connects to host successfully, but does not let to do anything (not even to open a folder):
-produces "Connection error: Client refused: version mismatch" error,
-presumably due to code-oss being used on VS client (system host) and vscodium being used on host (LXC container).
-(Only code-oss is present in alpine packages, and only vscodium has remote-host binaries).
+Note that VS Code (and all related products) has a protection intended to prevent OSS variants from connecting to proprietary versions of VS code.
+However, apparently, it is implemented in such a way that it prevents even different OSS products from connecting to each other.
+Only "Code OSS" is packaged for Alpine; and only VSCodium has server-side builds, so you'll need to patch Code OSS to make it pretend to be VSCodium.
 
-Steps to get to that stage (one of the sources: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/6347),
-assuming that you already have keyring and key-based SSH auth (with non-RSA key) configured:
+Steps to get it running, assuming that you already have keyring and key-based SSH auth (with non-RSA key) configured:
 
 
-In container:
+In container (one of the sources: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/6347):
 ```
 doas apk add gcompat libstdc++ curl bash git procps
 ```
 and enable `AllowTcpForwarding` and `PermitTunnel` in `/etc/ssh/sshd_config`.
 
-In host:
+On host (where you intend to run IDE client):
 
 `doas apk add code-oss`
 
-Edit `/usr/lib/code-oss/resources/app/package.json`: at the root level, add `"release": "22245",`
-(replace 22245 with an actual value for your version from https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases).
+Using e.g. Firefox, download `vscodium-reh-linux-x64-...` for a relevant build (with a version matching to code-oss)
+from https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases
+
+Unpack it: `cd Downloads && ouch decompress vscodium-reh-... --dir vscodium`
+
+Edit `/usr/lib/code-oss/resources/app/package.json` to make it mimic VSCodium (looking at `package.json` from unpacked VSCodium).
+In my experience, changing `name`, removing `distro`, and adding `release` fields was enough.
+(Make sure that `version` fields are identical between installed Code OSS and downloaded VSCodium package.)
 
-Edit `/usr/lib/code-oss/resources/app/package.json`: at the root level, add `"commit": "COMMIT_ID", "quality": "stable",`
-(replace COMMIT_ID with an actual commit id from the same source).
-Replace "serverApplicationName" with "codium-server", and "serverDataFolderName" with ".vscodium-server".
+Edit `/usr/lib/code-oss/resources/app/product.json` to make it mimic VSCodium (looking at `product.json` from unpacked VSCodium).
+In my experience, changing `nameShort`, `nameLong`, `applicationName`, `dataFolderName`, `win32MutexName`,
+`licenseUrl`, `serverApplicationName`, `serverDataFolderName`, `win32DirName`, `win32NameVersion`, `win32RegValueName`,
+`linuxIconName`, `reportIssueUrl` and `date` fields,
+and adding `updateUrl`, `quality` and `commit` fields was enough.
+But most of these fields are probably irrelevant and can be left as is.
 
 Run `code-oss`, add "Open Remote - SSH" extension by jeanp413, exit.
 
@@ -712,7 +723,9 @@ Add `"enable-proposed-api": ["jeanp413.open-remote-ssh"]` at the root level of `
 Run `code-oss` again, you'll get remote button under the marketplace button.
 Go there, add your host, right-click it, connect.
 Connection should be successful, and you should see "connected to remote" on Code OSS main screen.
-But "Open file" / "Open folder" will still list local directory structure, and in debug output for "Window" there will be an error message about "version mismatch".
+"Open folder" should take you to the remote directory structure, allowing you to open projects hosted in container.
+All code-related extensions will also work in remote context, isolated from the parent system and unable to affect it,
+no matter what malicious npm packages get installed into container.
 
 ### Docker
 
@@ -744,7 +757,6 @@ and restart container (`doas lxc restart CONTAINERNAME`).
 
 * Fix internal mic
 * Docker in containers ran by unprivileged users
-* IDE (code-oss?)
 * Make river usable
 * Make waybar usable (+waybar fonts)
 * nushell + starship instead of ash