Rayblue Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bundle-pushing-adware/ I was like, "Goddamn, they really stooped this low." Better be careful these days.
Shadowhawk827 Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 You can still get it directly from the GIMP homepage. Sourceforge is apparently just a mirror
visby Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 It's not worrisome just because of GIMP but because Souceforge has been important to the open source community in general, particularly to small projects.
Rayblue Posted May 29, 2015 Author Posted May 29, 2015 You can still get it directly from the GIMP homepage. Sourceforge is apparently just a mirror Unfortunately, there's still others who think SF is still reliable. I'm mostly getting stuff from Github, but otherwise anything I download I usually check first if it's safe or not.
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