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Update FAQ: code-server is not using a direct fork 

Also the wrapper process is another major difference along with the
update notifications.
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## What's the difference between code-server and OpenVSCode-Server?
code-server and OpenVSCode-Server both allow you to access VS Code via a
browser. The two projects also use their own [forks of VS
Code](https://github.com/coder/vscode) to leverage modern VS Code APIs and stay
up to date with the upsteam version.
browser. OpenVSCode-Server is a direct fork of VS Code with changes comitted
directly while code-server pulls VS Code in via a submodule and makes changes
via patch files.
However, OpenVSCode-Server is scoped at only making VS Code available as-is in
the web browser. code-server contains additional changes to make the self-hosted
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- The ability to use your own marketplace and collect your own telemetry
- Built-in proxy for accessing ports on the remote machine integrated into
VS Code's ports panel
- Wrapper process that spawns VS Code on-demand and has a separate CLI
- Notification when updates are available
- [Some other things](https://github.com/coder/code-server/tree/main/patches)
Some of these changes appear very unlikely to ever be adopted by Microsoft.