2d ago

PR: Linux.exe

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I AM NEW TO GITHUB AND I HAVE ALOT TO SAY by danemadsen · Pull Request #1349 · torvalds/linux

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Would have been funny if it was original. Just randomly wasting peoples time with copy-pasta is not cool.
- Doing some research, this is FAR from original. Just dumb old trolling, esp. with all the insults.
- By complaining about copypastas you are just making it worse. Can't you see that? Every time you comment and complain about people posting the same comments each time just adds to the incentive for people who think they are funny to continue. I am willing to bet that this comment will turn into a *** copypasta at this point just because of how "funny" and "ironic" it would be to make a copypasta out of a comment complaining about copypastas.
  Source: https://www.twitchquotes.com/copypastas/1810
  
  By complaining about copypastas you are just making it worse. Can't you see that? Every time you comment and complain about people posting the same comments each time just adds to the incentive for people who think they are funny to continue. I am willing to bet that this comment will turn into a *** copypasta at this point just because of how "funny" and "ironic" it would be to make a copypasta out of a comment complaining about copypastas.
  Source: https://www.twitchquotes.com/copypastas/1810
  
  By complaining about people complaining about copypastas you are just making it worse.
It is really hard to find application releases on Github though. That is something that could be improved.
- GitHub's layout is strange to me. Why isn't releases in the top nav bar with Code, Issues, PR, etc.
  
  Because GitHub really doesn't want to be the webhost for releases. They want you to spin up a website and provide downloads from your own server, and only link to github for the code.
  
  I know it doesn't address the issue for most people, but that and other things can be "fixed" with the refined GitHub extension.
  The worst part IMO is that there used to be a "releases" button somewhere that got nuked. While "projects" is usually there, even though repos rarely use it.
  
  It's not just GitHub. Gitlab, Forgejo, etc., they all have releases hidden in a rather small tab instead of in a big obvious place where one might expect to see them.
  
  Exactly!
- "Releases" section right hand. If there is nothing click on the dropdown "Code" and there "download ZIP" because there is no exe.
- Try gam (Github Application Manager). It's like apt for GitHub.
  https://github.com/Fmstrat/gam
- How would you make it easier? Currently it's on the sidebar with a big "Releases" heading and the link to the most recent release. From there you just look at Assets and download your file. The only way I can see it being easier is if it showed an annoying pop-up for all non-logged in or new users.
  
  I would put it in the top area right after "Pull Requests". It currently isn't in the main navigation area and is very often under the page fold, making it hard to find unless you already know where it is.
  Edit: On a standard 1080p screen, the Releases section for this repo isn't even visible without scrolling....
  
  If I remember correctly, they used to be ~~in a tab in the top navigation, together with "Code", "Issues", "Pull requests", etc.~~ which was a lot easier to find for people who are not familiar with GitHub's UI. Edit: it was a separate bar right above the file list, together with the number of commits and branches: https://web.archive.org/web/20180610234228/https://github.com/rails/rails
  Same problem with forks / network. In earlier revisions of GitHub's UI, they were relatively easy to find. Now you have to know that you can click the "59.7k forks" sidebar text which is in no way styled like a link or button. You can just infer it from the fact that there are also "Readme" and "View license" in the same list.
- They’re like right there in the side bar
People joke about linux.exe, but there was such a thing as andLinux/coLinux
- And Wubi!
To be fair, the github.cum/author/project/releases subsection of a isn't exactly the first thing that you find, nor is there a very visible link that stands out.
I must've stumbled across it at some point as I know of its existence, but I don't know how to get there so I usually just manually add it to the URL.
- To be fair again, OOP would probably also have issues with running Linux.exe.
  The release page would probably not helped them much.
- Github dot what now?
  
  That's the adult-only version.
  
  cum
- You have to click a random heading in the info section to the right of the code listing (or below it on mobile).
  I do also find GitHub's URLs are much more user-friendly than the GUI, though.
I thought the issues on the Linux github repo became a dating service
The GitHub PR section is a shitshow of different freaks trying to get attention from other freaks
- My people 🗣️🗣️🗣️
LGTM

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