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I can't remember the last time I downloaded from Sourceforge. I wouldn't ever trust them again unless they basically started from scratch and were ran by compl

I can't remember the last time I downloaded from Sourceforge. I wouldn't ever trust them again unless they basically started from scratch and were ran by completely different people.

solarkraft 6y ago
I can. The UX is as crappy as ever.
- zapzupnz 6y ago
  I didn't understand, at the time of its last major refresh which was a fair while ago now, how SourceForge could be so resource intensive — all it needed to do was show links to download files. That was it. Instead, it was packed to the rafters with Flash ads; the layout was bloated with unnecessarily large, unoptimised graphic files; and, the most prominent button to download didn't actually do that — it would take you to a page where you could select a server to download. That's your job, SourceForge, not mine. I think that design comes from another era. All I've seen happen to it since is cutting out some of the graphics, changing the colour scheme a little, and switching to HTML ads. It's still from another era.
  - berkes 6y ago
    Unfortunately the era of bloated ads and unoptimized graphics never passed.
- lsllc 6y ago
  Unfortunately, it looks a bit like a shady warez site and I do find it somewhat non-intuitive (at least compared to github).
rossdavidh 6y ago
I think maybe the last part is true, but maybe not the first part.
unexpected 6y ago
is there any project of note still using sourceforge?
- vbezhenar 6y ago
  KeePass
- dddw 6y ago
  Veracrypt I believe
detaro 6y ago
Sourceforge and Slashdot were bought out 4 years ago: https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-future-plans/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-fut... - to my knowledge they've not done anything shady since.
- booleandilemma 6y ago
  I stopped reading slashdot after they got rid of the Bill Gates borg pic. I feel that was the moment it lost its soul. I’ve been on Hacker News since.
boogies 6y ago
I think that’s why the sentence immediately after the one including “we own and operate Slashdot and SourceForge” says “We didn't always own SourceForge, but we acquired it in 2016, and [immediately began improving](https://www.pcworld.com/article/3032490/new-sourceforge-owners-kill-contentious-devshare-bloatware-program.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/3032490/new-sourceforge-owne...), and have since [come a long way](https://sourceforge.net/blog/brief-history-sourceforge-look-to-future/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/brief-history-sourceforge-look-...) in restoring and growing one of the most important resources in open source.” (links reformatted)
jlgaddis 6y ago
> ... unless they basically started from scratch and were ran by completely different people. I would recommend that you "revisit" TFA, click the last one or two links in it, and read TFAs that those links take you to.

I can't remember the last time I downloaded from Sourceforge. I wouldn't ever trust them again unless they basically started from scratch and were ran by completely different people.

solarkraft 6y ago

I can. The UX is as crappy as ever.

zapzupnz 6y ago
I didn't understand, at the time of its last major refresh which was a fair while ago now, how SourceForge could be so resource intensive — all it needed to do was show links to download files. That was it. Instead, it was packed to the rafters with Flash ads; the layout was bloated with unnecessarily large, unoptimised graphic files; and, the most prominent button to download didn't actually do that — it would take you to a page where you could select a server to download. That's your job, SourceForge, not mine. I think that design comes from another era. All I've seen happen to it since is cutting out some of the graphics, changing the colour scheme a little, and switching to HTML ads. It's still from another era.
- berkes 6y ago
  Unfortunately the era of bloated ads and unoptimized graphics never passed.
lsllc 6y ago
Unfortunately, it looks a bit like a shady warez site and I do find it somewhat non-intuitive (at least compared to github).

rossdavidh 6y ago

I think maybe the last part is true, but maybe not the first part.

unexpected 6y ago

is there any project of note still using sourceforge?

vbezhenar 6y ago
KeePass
dddw 6y ago
Veracrypt I believe

detaro 6y ago

Sourceforge and Slashdot were bought out 4 years ago: https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-future-plans/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-fut... - to my knowledge they've not done anything shady since.

booleandilemma 6y ago
I stopped reading slashdot after they got rid of the Bill Gates borg pic. I feel that was the moment it lost its soul. I’ve been on Hacker News since.

boogies 6y ago

I think that’s why the sentence immediately after the one including “we own and operate Slashdot and SourceForge” says “We didn't always own SourceForge, but we acquired it in 2016, and [immediately began improving](https://www.pcworld.com/article/3032490/new-sourceforge-owners-kill-contentious-devshare-bloatware-program.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/3032490/new-sourceforge-owne...), and have since [come a long way](https://sourceforge.net/blog/brief-history-sourceforge-look-to-future/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/brief-history-sourceforge-look-...) in restoring and growing one of the most important resources in open source.” (links reformatted)

jlgaddis 6y ago

> ... unless they basically started from scratch and were ran by completely different people. I would recommend that you "revisit" TFA, click the last one or two links in it, and read TFAs that those links take you to.