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My impression of github since switching to Linux (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Alk@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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I've been transitioning to Linux recently and have been forced to use github a lot when I hadn't much before. Here is my assessment.

Every github project is named something like dbutils, Jason's cool photo picker, or jibbly, and was forked from an abandoned project called EHT-sh (acronym meaning unknown) originally made by frederick lumberg, forked and owned by boops_snoops and actively maintained by Xxweeb-lord69xX.

There are either 3 lines of documentation and no releases page, or a 15 page long readme with weekly releases for the last 15 years and nothing in between. It is either for linux, windows, or both. If it's for windows, they will not specify what platforms it runs on. If it's for Linux, there's a 50% chance there are no releases and 2 lines of commands showing how to build it (which doesn't work on your distro), but don't worry because your distro has it prepackaged 1 version out of date and it magically appears on flatpak only after you've installed it by other means. Everything is written in python2. It is illegal to release anything for Mac OS on github.

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[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I did. Linux zealots can't handle the truth about regular users and they mostly do not and will not accommodate them. This conversation has been going on 40 years now.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 3 months ago

Did you forget the part where everybody is getting it for free and devs aren't getting paid to do this shit? If you want your hand held, use Windows or MacOS.

[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Status quo it is.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 3 months ago

So do something about it instead of expecting the rest of us to. Devs are people just like you. They have lives and real jobs.

What is your solution?

[-] snek@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I always felt like most users don't use Linux not because of any of the things you mentioned, nut because their first computer was a windows or mac.

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