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Running Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu or Debian Virtual Image and dealing with a blank screen
As a workaround, edited file /usr/share/applications/code.desktop
Replacing
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --unity-launch %U
with
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --disable-gpu --unity-launch %U
The trick is to disable the gpu.
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