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Here's how you get the instructions to install the open source version of GitLab on Ubuntu: - Google "install gitlab ubuntu" - Click the first link - Choose

Here's how you get the instructions to install the open source version of GitLab on Ubuntu: - Google "install gitlab ubuntu" - Click the first link - Choose Ubuntu - Notice that it says ee in the command and think, oh, that's enterprise edition, I want the open source edition: sudo EXTERNAL_URL="http://gitlab.example.com" http://gitlab.example.com" apt-get install gitlab-ee - Look around and finally find the link "CE or EE" - Read "If you're interested in using GitLab, we recommend you download and install GitLab Enterprise Edition" and shake your head - Scroll to the bottom - Note that you fit into the category "If you only want to download open source software Community Edition is the best choice" and think, maybe I'm one of those "open source zealots" I've been hearing about - Click "Install GitLab Community Edition"

Improvotter 8y ago
This is because the Enterprise Edition includes the Community Edition. If you don't have a license, it'll use the EE as the CE version. This only makes it easier for new people to get started. It also has the benefit that if you want to switch, you don't have to set the entire thing back up. Info: https://about.gitlab.com/installation/ce-or-ee/?distro=ubuntu https://about.gitlab.com/installation/ce-or-ee/?distro=ubunt...
- ljm 8y ago
  Why call it Enterprise Edition or EE everywhere when you have to write documentation about the reason for that naming and the intricacies around the licensing? And then explain that the unlicensed EE is actually CE which is just the MIT licensed code and the other stuff is not under that license? No one's going to expect that, they're going to think they're on a trial. It sounds like a shady marketing ploy considering you could provide `sudo apt install gitlab-ce` in addition to `sudo apt install gitlab-ee` (or even just have `sudo apt install gitlab`). This isn't making it easier, it's just shifting the burden onto the user and hoping they'll pay up because they got a nerfed 'enterprise' install.

Improvotter 8y ago

This is because the Enterprise Edition includes the Community Edition. If you don't have a license, it'll use the EE as the CE version. This only makes it easier for new people to get started. It also has the benefit that if you want to switch, you don't have to set the entire thing back up. Info: https://about.gitlab.com/installation/ce-or-ee/?distro=ubuntu https://about.gitlab.com/installation/ce-or-ee/?distro=ubunt...

ljm 8y ago
Why call it Enterprise Edition or EE everywhere when you have to write documentation about the reason for that naming and the intricacies around the licensing? And then explain that the unlicensed EE is actually CE which is just the MIT licensed code and the other stuff is not under that license? No one's going to expect that, they're going to think they're on a trial. It sounds like a shady marketing ploy considering you could provide `sudo apt install gitlab-ce` in addition to `sudo apt install gitlab-ee` (or even just have `sudo apt install gitlab`). This isn't making it easier, it's just shifting the burden onto the user and hoping they'll pay up because they got a nerfed 'enterprise' install.