Fosshub or Sourceforge ? : r/qBittorrent - Reddit
Sourceforge willingly packaged spyware with its downloads and tried to take away owner control of the setup file, whereas the worst you could say about fosshub is that they made security mistakes and got embroiled in (mostly exaggerated) controversy - nowhere close to sourceforge's level of outright customer-antagonism.
What is Sourceforge and what happened that's putting it in the
2015年6月2日 · Sourceforge is a website on the internet where open source programmers can host their programs/work so that other programmers and users can download it. This service is open and free for users. The controversy is that earlier this week developers for a popular program named Notepad++ have announced they were leaving the platform.
Github vs SourceForge, which is better for reaching to more
2016年4月12日 · Hi, Logan Abbott, President of SourceForge here. Our company purchased SourceForge in January, and removed all bundled installers. We are completely different from the old ownership. Two weeks ago, we partnered with Bitdefender to scan all projects for malware.
Is sourceforge safe to download software? : r/software - Reddit
Sourceforge was once one of the most popular sites for distributing open source software. Then for a while there were dark times when they included adware. Reportedly they've cut that out, but the damage to their reputation was done. Almost no-one publishes to them any more, I expect the place is a ghost town.
How to download from Sourceforge? : r/commandline - Reddit
What archive exactly are you trying to download? SourceForge does do a HTTP redirect, but it is possible to bypass that. The final URL is predictable. I suggest you use fiddler to see exactly what it is you are supposed to be doing. Fiddler is a debug http proxy, which will show you the exact HTTP requests and responses that a browser is ...
Is Sourceforge safe (adware free) : r/sysadmin - Reddit
2017年11月11日 · SourceForge and Slashdot were bought out early last year and one of the new owner's first moves was to clear all the SourceForge-bundled garbage from the installers. Developers can still include their own adware, same as they could if they hosted it anywhere else, but SourceForge itself no longer injects any junk into the downloads.
Beware of Sourceforge downloads - new owner is pushing …
2013年8月23日 · Sourceforge calls this "DevShare", and it's something that developers have to decide to enable. So if you run into this, you can blame both Sourceforge and the app developer. When this is included in an installer, users can't install the app without being connected to the internet. This is all kinds of fail.
r/sourceforge - Reddit
Hi, Logan Abbott, President of SourceForge here. Our company purchased SourceForge in January, and removed all bundled installers. We are completely different from the old ownership. Two weeks ago, we partnered with Bitdefender to scan all projects for malware.
The State of SourceForge Since Its Acquisition in January
We are not looking to get people to ditch GitHub et al, but rather to view SourceForge as a valid alternative and to give developers more options. SourceForge still hosts half a million projects, and we receive over a million unique visitors per day, so it's a great distribution channel.
Warning: Don’t Download Software From SourceForge If You Can …
2015年6月10日 · People mirror sourceforge because it used to have all the big opensouce projects, so if you use a lot of opensource software (and by you, I mean an organisation with thousands of people), it makes sense to just copy the existing sturcture, automate the process, and make it available, instead of cherrypicking what you (and your unpredictable ...