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Uh, sourceforge? When I hear "making these files available" I think github or a simple website. Not something with a download.com-style "Wait 5 seconds while we

by chbrown 14y ago

Uh, sourceforge? When I hear "making these files available" I think github or a simple website. Not something with a download.com-style "Wait 5 seconds while we force this ad down your throat and try to find a mirror because Route 53 / load-balancing is a foreign concept to us programmers still hanging out in the '90s."

thisisblurry 14y ago
It does seem odd, especially since they have a Github organization account: https://github.com/adobe https://github.com/adobe
- pbhjpbhj 14y ago
  Is it about audience? I imagine SF has more regular users and github more programmers.
DavidAdams 14y ago
You just can't please some people. Yes, that gift horse's mouth is a little dirty. :-)
JohnTHaller 14y ago
SourceForge has more bandwidth (IIRC) and has mirrors all over the world. I download from SF daily.
- phillmv 14y ago
  God bless sourceforge; they were there at the beginning in our time of need. At this point, however, GitHub is a far larger organization. They host an order of magnitude more projects.
  - JohnTHaller 14y ago
    GitHub is more popular for code management of underpinnings (think jquerry, twitter backend stuff, etc) but SourceForge is far more popular for actual apps. Nearly all the most popular GitHub projects, if you click downloads, you're met with "There aren't any downloads yet. But don't worry! You can download the source code as a zip or tarball above." SourceForge, on the other hand, is all about apps, usually cross-platform, that users can download and use (VLC, Pidgin, GIMP-Windows+Mac, OpenOffice, Inkscape, KeePass, etc). So, I think GitHub is more popular with coders, but SourceForge is far more popular with users and app makers.
masonhensley 14y ago
Also available via Google Web Fonts... DL link in the top right of the page. http://www.google.com/webfonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Source+Sans+Pro http://www.google.com/webfonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Sourc...

by chbrown 14y ago

thisisblurry 14y ago

It does seem odd, especially since they have a Github organization account: https://github.com/adobe https://github.com/adobe

pbhjpbhj 14y ago
Is it about audience? I imagine SF has more regular users and github more programmers.

DavidAdams 14y ago

You just can't please some people. Yes, that gift horse's mouth is a little dirty. :-)

JohnTHaller 14y ago

SourceForge has more bandwidth (IIRC) and has mirrors all over the world. I download from SF daily.

phillmv 14y ago
God bless sourceforge; they were there at the beginning in our time of need. At this point, however, GitHub is a far larger organization. They host an order of magnitude more projects.
- JohnTHaller 14y ago
  GitHub is more popular for code management of underpinnings (think jquerry, twitter backend stuff, etc) but SourceForge is far more popular for actual apps. Nearly all the most popular GitHub projects, if you click downloads, you're met with "There aren't any downloads yet. But don't worry! You can download the source code as a zip or tarball above." SourceForge, on the other hand, is all about apps, usually cross-platform, that users can download and use (VLC, Pidgin, GIMP-Windows+Mac, OpenOffice, Inkscape, KeePass, etc). So, I think GitHub is more popular with coders, but SourceForge is far more popular with users and app makers.

masonhensley 14y ago

Also available via Google Web Fonts... DL link in the top right of the page. http://www.google.com/webfonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Source+Sans+Pro http://www.google.com/webfonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Sourc...