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Remember Cutefish? Pretty sure it's dead (sourceforge.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago by daggermoon@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[-] electricprism@lemmy.ml 117 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 10 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly, they could be hosting their releases on whichever site they use for remote git, but they don’t know how to use git

[-] hjjanger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

If your a chess fan, Scid vs PC is regularly updated and it's hosted on sourceforge. However I don't go there unless it's for that or other related projects.

[-] 31337@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 weeks ago

I think most projects left Sourceforge after they started putting adware into they're downloads.

[-] leo85811nardo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Over the beginning few years into software engineering and FOSS world, I legit thought Sourceforge is a sketchy software download website

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 weeks ago

it feels like when Debian had a website in 2015 that looked like 1997

As a Debian user... Its the same in 2024.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I don't care what the website looks like as long as the product still works as amazingly as it does now.

[-] 0x0@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

Amen. I though I somehow missed a new site design.. I kinda like it the way it is now..

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago

I agree about Sourceforge but there isn’t really anything better than Bugzilla still, at least not that I’ve seen anyone use.

[-] leisesprecher@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

And that's especially true for Linux and other big projects.

I'm not a kernel or C developer by any stretch, but a few years ago fixed a small bug that caused my knockoff PS2 controllers to act super weird. Nothing serious, something like one constant and maybe 5 lines of code. Would have gladly pushed that upstream, but fuck me sideways is that a complicated process. Patches via email??? And the argument is always "but it works for us", yeah burning witches and slavery also work for some people, doesn't mean it's something to continue doing.

If there isn't a serious revamp, Linux will die a slow death or become just a corporate graveyard product like Cobol.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

They have a GitHub. The SourceForge links to their GitHub pages.

[-] halm@leminal.space 50 points 2 weeks ago

<Notices the word "reborn" in the project name>

Give it three days, it'll rise again.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

Given its icon, I wouldn't be surprised if it's religious-themed :P

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Temple OS : Excuse me?

[-] Lantern@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Everyone was talking about it back in 2022, but it hasn’t really had any progress since then. I had attempted to use it, but it was rather unpolished.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

I can't say that is a surprise honestly

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Cutefish? I'm all about the Dopefish.

Swim swim hungry

[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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)

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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.

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