The last update was over a year ago it seems. I remember everyone talking about the desktop environment like it was the next big thing. May she rest in peace.
Is it me or is source forge just the mark of dead things.
I always avoid that place. It feels like where you go to get broken stuff.
They’re gonna take me out back and shoot me for saying it but Launchpad too. Like I’m glad it works for you but it feels like when Debian had a website in 2015 that looked like 1997. How are we going to attract new talent when the rift between the average developers and the old guard widens over time. All the git VCS modernization supercharged development. Like bugzilla was “fine”, but " fine" was the problem in a world of better when you couldn’t even upload a > 250kb jpeg and other legacy hold us back stuff.
Agree - after they started bundling adware in downloads (2013ish?), all the decent projects seemed to move to github en masse.
Those projects that stayed were mostly already stagnant, or the maintainers didn’t use git and didn’t want to learn, or had some other reason that allowed them to accept advertising on their work.
It was bought out and cleaned up a few years ago. It’s legit again now, though I don’t think it’ll ever really recover from that fiasco.
If a project is hosted on sourceforge then its a pretty good sign that the developer hasn’t progressed their craft since about 2005, which is a pretty big red flag for anything
Not a linux project, but OpenCamera for android is probably the only exception I know of. It’s still getting updated and does best what it’s supposed to do.
Good thing is that sourceforge have anonymous commenting and tickets. Once I had an issue with open camera I didn’t need any account to create a ticket or comment
True, but the UI reflects that they still use source forge lol. Still the best open source camera.
rift between the average developers and the old guard widens over time.
You write “new kids value appearance over function and lack the mentors to show them why that’s bad” funny. And, you should use the other punctuation for a question.
I agree, alot of the young guard prefers bling over whatever actually works great. Having said that, giving older software a bit more bling is a good idea because said young guard is the future and you always want to lure people with the bling and keep them with the great functionality. Right now they see bling and if it’s shit, oh well, that’s just how it works
I think most projects left Sourceforge after they started putting adware into they’re downloads.
Over the beginning few years into software engineering and FOSS world, I legit thought Sourceforge is a sketchy software download website
it feels like when Debian had a website in 2015 that looked like 1997
As a Debian user… Its the same in 2024.
I don’t care what the website looks like as long as the product still works as amazingly as it does now.
Amen. I though I somehow missed a new site design… I kinda like it the way it is now…
Oh I’m not complaining. Its quick and simple to navigate. I don’t need flash, I need function.
I wouldn’t mind updates with that aspect kept in mind, but I’m not going to complain about it either. I think more websites could use debian.org as an example.
<Sees fish symbol>
<Notices the word “reborn” in the project name>
Give it three days, it’ll rise again.
Given its icon, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s religious-themed :P
Temple OS : Excuse me?
I watched the GitHub and it looks like it’s deepin os with a custom settings app and a MacOS style dock.
At that point just install deepin os and hope they don’t lie about user privacy (being owned by a Chinese for-profit doesn’t help)
Deepin looks gross lol. What I mean is it only looks good with its own apps. KDE apps look horrible on it and GNOME apps don’t look great either. I don’t know how anyone uses Deepin. I get taste is subjective but it feels half finished.
