Generated script does not recognize linux-arm64

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Type: Bug

Try to connect to a remote device that runs arm64 Linux. VS Code will generate a script that contains this:

if [ "$PLATFORM" = linux ]; then
	if [ "$VSCODE_ARCH" = armhf ]; then
		PLATFORM_DOWNLOAD_PATH=cli-linux-armhf
	else
		PLATFORM_DOWNLOAD_PATH=cli-alpine-$VSCODE_ARCH
	fi

which causes it to use alpine on the server instead of linux. As a result the connection fails.

Extension version: 0.120.0
VS Code version: Code 1.104.3 (385651c938df8a906869babee516bffd0ddb9829, 2025-10-02T12:30:51.747Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics (16 x 3294)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	55.67GB (31.92GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 8d44dce5-c40e-4417-8fb1-1fb100050c34
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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Start with the generated connection script shown in the issue and reproduce a connection to a remote arm64 Linux device. Trace the PLATFORM and VSCODE_ARCH branch that chooses PLATFORM_DOWNLOAD_PATH; done when linux-arm64 selects the Linux download rather than Alpine and the connection succeeds.

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