Moderators hazelnut Posted November 8, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 8, 2013 Gimp, the popular free photoshop alternative, has decided it can no longer permit itself to be downloaded from SourceForge because of third party bundled ads in the Sourceforge installers http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/08/gimp_dumps_sourceforge_over_dodgy_ads_and_installer/ Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek891 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 And so begins the exodus, and it is a shame. Sourceforge once had integrity and a stellar reputation. And now we get to witness it's slow deterioration and eventual demise at the hands of it's new owners. In a way it's sad, but that is the way of the world. Start every day with a smile and get it over with. - W.C. Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted November 9, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 9, 2013 will just make FileHippo even more popular. it's good that they got their own mirrors - wonder why they didn't do that ages ago since their software is so popular. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted November 9, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 9, 2013 Popular and free doesn't pay the price of data usage that host your own uses ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted November 9, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 9, 2013 they found some way to manage it which is good for users. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted November 9, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 9, 2013 A rival to SourceForge has been needed for years anyways. Would be nice if allot of the developers just banded together to create their own alternative without all the bundled rubbish - heck even a big already well established download site could host them since they're likely to already have the software available for download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 A rival to SourceForge has been needed for years anyways. GitHub is a great alternative. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted November 9, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 9, 2013 GitHub is a great alternative. Thanks for the suggestion. However I personally wouldn't bother using something that requires the installation of a software just to obtain other software they're hosting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I'm not sure what you're referring to Andavari? Edit: I think you're confusing GitHub's developer tools with GitHub's software hosting. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 You only need the github client if you want to clone a repo (and you don't even need to use Git's, any svn will work) You can usually download builds directly from a Git - no client needed winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 You only need the github client if you want to clone a repo (and you don't even need to use Git's, any svn will work). You can usually download builds directly from a Git - no client needed. I'm looking at a "Join ... " page for Github. Is it so that after I complete this I can just sign in, or must I install something? Or can I just download from github? Sorry for the lazy question. Probably everybody else on the planet knows this. Just that these days of I am less and less inclined to tell an email address, and waaay too lazy to set up a fake one for each signup. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 The signing up process is for developers who want to create a repository to host their open source project. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Thanks, Shane. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted November 15, 2013 Author Moderators Share Posted November 15, 2013 Sourceforge response to concerns. http://sourceforge.net/blog/advertising-bundling-community-and-criticism/ Judging by comments under the response I don't think it worked. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted November 15, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 15, 2013 Didn't work at all, they'll have to face the facts they've lost trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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