• @ours@lemmy.film
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      62 years ago

      And to prove the point there was a website dedicated to taking GitHub links and turning them into download links.

    • @frezik@midwest.social
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      62 years ago

      GitHub shouldn’t be a method of software distribution, but a lot of FOSS devs take the easy way out. Understandably so; they’re volunteering their time. Still, Linus is in a position to show how it works rather than complaining.

    • Nefyedardu
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      I know Linus is more of a hardware guy but c’mon. You learn git freshman year into any Computer Science-related degree. Failing that, 5 seconds of Google or ChatGPT even will set you straight. Maybe it wasn’t intuitive, but I like think the biggest tech youtuber would have knowledge of something so fundamental to his field…

      • @tabular@lemmy.world
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        As I recall he was trying to use Linux as if he was a regular non-techy person. So it could make sense for him to do that knowing it’s wrong. (Which wouldn’t apply to “apt install Steam” yes do as I say issue, which a regular user probably wouldn’t have tried and ignored the warning even with jargon there).

        I don’t find it completly unbelievable even a techy could make that mistake because they do not use version control software like git.