Whenever a download link (and more often than not, for me, it's usually for a server-based tool) goes to Sourceforge, I cringe - more than a little. For Linux b

Whenever a download link (and more often than not, for me, it's usually for a server-based tool) goes to Sourceforge, I cringe - more than a little. For Linux based tools, its because a simple 'wget' for a file is going to end up with a comlex filename that I have to rename. This, at least, is a simple problem for me to fix. For desktop software, I'm more concerned after hearing of projects being wrapped in Adware/malware. This is a particular problem on sites like http://download.cnet.com http://download.cnet.com. I've been online since at least 1996, and those sites used to be great to be able to find useful software. Now, I prefer to not install much new software, in order to keep a stable desktop (and it does work - I've only had to wipe my desktop and install Windows from scratch once or twice in my entire online career, I get new PCs more often). I've even seen jobs posted on some sites to work on open-source code - but then the project is hosted on sourceforge.net, and so it is using Subversion for version control. While I may be expert on the underlying technologies that particular project used (and the language) - its not something that would ever convince me to help them - not even while being well paid (and working remotely, which is what I'm aiming to do from now on).