Request: upgrade Electron version to fix X crash bug for Arch Linux

[l0k18]

• VSCode Version: 1.21.0
• OS Version: Antergos, current today
• Video Driver: Nvidia 390.25

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install arch linux (or antergos) current version
2. Install Nvidia 384+ version for an Nvidia video card (10 series)
3. Install vscode from git repository current version
4. Randomly it will trigger the X server to crash and drop you back to login screen

Fix is to update package.json from electron 1.7.7 to current 1.8.3. I removed the AUR package version and manually installed from the git repository and updated the electron version in package.json and the problem seems to have disappeared.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

This problem has been plaguing VScode for maybe 3 version increments, and it's caused by using an old version of electron.

[bpasero]

/duplicate #45542

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