Packages

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

install xorg

sudo apt-get install xauth
sudo apt-get install xorg openbox

install VS code

Reference

The repository and key can also be installed manually with the following script:

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'

Then update the package cache and install the package using:

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code

This also needs to be installed:

sudo apt-get install libasound2

To run code:

#normally
code

#if nothing happens
code --verbose

# if x11 doesn't like your GPU
code --disable-gpu

TeX

sudo apt-get install texlive-full

Then i use VS Code as my TeX editor.