diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/desktopEnvironmentInfo.ts b/src/vs/base/common/desktopEnvironmentInfo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6e4c107db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/desktopEnvironmentInfo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import { env } from 'vs/base/common/process';
+
+// Define the enumeration for Desktop Environments
+enum DesktopEnvironment {
+	UNKNOWN = 'UNKNOWN',
+	CINNAMON = 'CINNAMON',
+	DEEPIN = 'DEEPIN',
+	GNOME = 'GNOME',
+	KDE3 = 'KDE3',
+	KDE4 = 'KDE4',
+	KDE5 = 'KDE5',
+	KDE6 = 'KDE6',
+	PANTHEON = 'PANTHEON',
+	UNITY = 'UNITY',
+	XFCE = 'XFCE',
+	UKUI = 'UKUI',
+	LXQT = 'LXQT',
+}
+
+const kXdgCurrentDesktopEnvVar = 'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP';
+const kKDESessionEnvVar = 'KDE_SESSION_VERSION';
+
+export function getDesktopEnvironment(): DesktopEnvironment {
+	const xdgCurrentDesktop = env[kXdgCurrentDesktopEnvVar];
+	if (xdgCurrentDesktop) {
+		const values = xdgCurrentDesktop.split(':').map(value => value.trim()).filter(value => value.length > 0);
+		for (const value of values) {
+			switch (value) {
+				case 'Unity': {
+					const desktopSessionUnity = env['DESKTOP_SESSION'];
+					if (desktopSessionUnity && desktopSessionUnity.includes('gnome-fallback')) {
+						return DesktopEnvironment.GNOME;
+					}
+
+					return DesktopEnvironment.UNITY;
+				}
+				case 'Deepin':
+					return DesktopEnvironment.DEEPIN;
+				case 'GNOME':
+					return DesktopEnvironment.GNOME;
+				case 'X-Cinnamon':
+					return DesktopEnvironment.CINNAMON;
+				case 'KDE': {
+					const kdeSession = env[kKDESessionEnvVar];
+					if (kdeSession === '5') { return DesktopEnvironment.KDE5; }
+					if (kdeSession === '6') { return DesktopEnvironment.KDE6; }
+					return DesktopEnvironment.KDE4;
+				}
+				case 'Pantheon':
+					return DesktopEnvironment.PANTHEON;
+				case 'XFCE':
+					return DesktopEnvironment.XFCE;
+				case 'UKUI':
+					return DesktopEnvironment.UKUI;
+				case 'LXQt':
+					return DesktopEnvironment.LXQT;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	const desktopSession = env['DESKTOP_SESSION'];
+	if (desktopSession) {
+		switch (desktopSession) {
+			case 'deepin':
+				return DesktopEnvironment.DEEPIN;
+			case 'gnome':
+			case 'mate':
+				return DesktopEnvironment.GNOME;
+			case 'kde4':
+			case 'kde-plasma':
+				return DesktopEnvironment.KDE4;
+			case 'kde':
+				if (kKDESessionEnvVar in env) {
+					return DesktopEnvironment.KDE4;
+				}
+				return DesktopEnvironment.KDE3;
+			case 'xfce':
+			case 'xubuntu':
+				return DesktopEnvironment.XFCE;
+			case 'ukui':
+				return DesktopEnvironment.UKUI;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ('GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID' in env) {
+		return DesktopEnvironment.GNOME;
+	}
+	if ('KDE_FULL_SESSION' in env) {
+		if (kKDESessionEnvVar in env) {
+			return DesktopEnvironment.KDE4;
+		}
+		return DesktopEnvironment.KDE3;
+	}
+
+	return DesktopEnvironment.UNKNOWN;
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.ts b/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.ts
index 82b79418af0..3c0de38db43 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ import { RemoteConnectionType } from 'vs/platform/remote/common/remoteAuthorityR
 import { nodeSocketFactory } from 'vs/platform/remote/node/nodeSocketFactory';
 import { NativeEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService';
 import { SharedProcessRawConnection, SharedProcessLifecycle } from 'vs/platform/sharedProcess/common/sharedProcess';
+import { getOSReleaseInfo } from 'vs/base/node/osReleaseInfo';
+import { getDesktopEnvironment } from 'vs/base/common/desktopEnvironmentInfo';
 
 class SharedProcessMain extends Disposable implements IClientConnectionFilter {
 
@@ -172,6 +174,9 @@ class SharedProcessMain extends Disposable implements IClientConnectionFilter {
 			// Report Profiles Info
 			this.reportProfilesInfo(telemetryService, userDataProfilesService);
 			this._register(userDataProfilesService.onDidChangeProfiles(() => this.reportProfilesInfo(telemetryService, userDataProfilesService)));
+
+			// Report Client OS/DE Info
+			this.reportClientOSInfo(telemetryService, logService);
 		});
 
 		// Instantiate Contributions
@@ -458,6 +463,35 @@ class SharedProcessMain extends Disposable implements IClientConnectionFilter {
 		});
 	}
 
+	private async reportClientOSInfo(telemetryService: ITelemetryService, logService: ILogService): Promise<void> {
+		if (isLinux) {
+			const releaseInfo = await getOSReleaseInfo(logService.error.bind(logService));
+			const desktopEnvironment = getDesktopEnvironment();
+			if (releaseInfo) {
+				type ClientPlatformInfoClassification = {
+					platformId: { classification: 'SystemMetaData'; purpose: 'FeatureInsight'; comment: 'A string identifying the operating system without any version information.' };
+					platformVersionId: { classification: 'SystemMetaData'; purpose: 'FeatureInsight'; comment: 'A string identifying the operating system version excluding any name information or release code.' };
+					platformIdLike: { classification: 'SystemMetaData'; purpose: 'FeatureInsight'; comment: 'A string identifying the operating system the current OS derivate is closely related to.' };
+					desktopEnvironment: { classification: 'SystemMetaData'; purpose: 'FeatureInsight'; comment: 'A string identifying the desktop environment the user is using.' };
+					owner: 'benibenj';
+					comment: 'Provides insight into the distro and desktop environment information on Linux.';
+				};
+				type ClientPlatformInfoEvent = {
+					platformId: string;
+					platformVersionId: string | undefined;
+					platformIdLike: string | undefined;
+					desktopEnvironment: string | undefined;
+				};
+				telemetryService.publicLog2<ClientPlatformInfoEvent, ClientPlatformInfoClassification>('clientPlatformInfo', {
+					platformId: releaseInfo.id,
+					platformVersionId: releaseInfo.version_id,
+					platformIdLike: releaseInfo.id_like,
+					desktopEnvironment: desktopEnvironment
+				});
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	handledClientConnection(e: MessageEvent): boolean {
 
 		// This filter on message port messages will look for