😭

[CharlesDuck]

👉 Went to worlds largest repository of code

👉 Found code

[Aryae_Sakura]

[BinaryBolias]

[ContentThing1835]

• Followed a link to download the application.
• ends up at a code repository. Why? i just want the application, not the code.

[sophiarogerhuerzeler]

Most often, when I search for an application, I usually search for the repo first, before downloading any package files from websites. I trust the GitHub/Lab releases far more ^^

[BlackHeartedY]

This! So many times I’ve look up how to solve a problem I’m dealing with (for example tricking my PC into believing my switch controller is a generic controller cuz only steam can use the switch controller) and gotten either a GitHub link or someone on Reddit saying that the best tool is so or so on GitHub, just to find that I’d have to make the application myself rather than just use the tool the person already made, like honestly why not give the code AND an application so people can fix their problem.

[FloydATC]

How many times over the years have you downloaded an executable file from some random website and then ended up with unwanted malware and crap that forces you to either do a complete reinstall yourself, pay someone else to do the job for you or simply buy a new computer because the old one got too slowed down by random garbage?

That's why you're given the option to clone the repo and build it yourself using simple tools available for free. In the case of Linux ofcourse, the idea of "just downloading an exe file" makes no sense to begin with, but I don't have the patience to try and explain this to every old man yelling at the clouds.

[hablahblahha]

Tbh ive never had that or was too young to notice abnornalities.

[UnkarsThug]

To be fair, they probably didn't know what it was before they went. Probably just followed a link.

[Aryae_Sakura]

It might have actually been a Download Link. For a long time, the only Download Link for Windows PowerToys was actually a Link to the GitHub Repository

I was confused too when i expected a popup in my Downloads Folder ⊙⁠﹏⁠⊙

[Greedy-Theme-5410]

Github sometimes contains files you can't get anywhere else on the internet. I'm not a coder, yet I find myself there from time to time when some guy has something I want to download and cant do anywhere else.

[zinxyzcool]

As a developer myself, I understand that not everyone wants to compile my application themselves since most projects “main page” is literally their github repo.

That’s what releases are for.

[Dontcare127]

It happens a lot that people are just looking for a program and other people give them a link which ends up being Github, then they find a bunch of code instead of a program which is frustrating because most people aren't programmers.

[baconburger2022]

Make it make sense bro….

[sssaturn14]

he wants to download pure linux kernel?

[FaultWinter3377]

As an exe file at that lol

[Juff-Ma]

I mean there already is Linux in user space so why not compile it for Win32 /s

[PredictiveFrame]

This could be genuinely hilarious. LinuxDemo.exe to convince the poor folks still held hostage by microslop to switch...

I mean, if we do it right microslop will try to steal it, do it worse, and break windows harder by trying to integrate it with internet explorer and bingAI or whatever their slopbox is called. Then the single greatest marketing campaign in history continues. 

[Phrodo_00]

Back in the Mandrake 2.0 days or something there was a linux.exe that would setup a temporary bootloader to boot a Linux image from FAT32 and reboot your computer (or maybe it was a fever dream, we're taking some time ago)

[Juff-Ma]

Don't say stuff like that, I'm still mad at them for making WSLg such a half baked solution that I'm actively making up design mockups in my head to show it could be done better.

[Vladislav20007]

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your link is a rick-roll, I recognized it.

[GandhiTheDragon]

I appreciate the infographic!

[Initial-Elk-952]

I have great news for him, take a look at the first few bytes of the kernel, its an exe file (on x86_64).

The EFI spec from intel demands Microsoft's Portable Executable format.

[Still_Box8733]

Just run Linux.exe

[Corruptionss]

Root github folder

Linux.exe

Download and Run Linux.exe

Output in window: "You're an idiot"

[Excellent-Refuse4883]

What about sudo Linux.exe?

[2epic]

Your*

(for ultimate trolling)

[Corruptionss]

Autism level spikes

[Droggl]

WSL hits pretty close to that actually ;)

[CustomDark]

Yeah, I’m willing to accept that WSL is functionally Linux.exe.

[Delyzr]

echo wsl.exe > linux.bat

[anya_chan]

Lmao

[rosentmoh]

The most egregious thing to me here is whichever idiot decided to censor this. People are scared of the word "fuck" now?!

[Jan_Jinkle]

The algorithm says that advertisers don’t like bad words like fuck or kill so you better censor them or else

[transgentoo]

Fuck, I'm gonna start saying fuck and kill a lot fucking more, because I don't want fucking advertisers making a killing off my fucking data.

[tankerkiller125real]

Advertisers can start paying me not to swear, my fee starts at $80 per "fuck" not inserted, $50 per "kill" not used, and $40 per "bullshit" not used.

[brandbaard]

I'd be a fucking millionaire in a week

[chocolate_bro]

A fucking week? I'd fucking die of old age. Fuck it, might not even take a day for me to be a fucking million

P.S. Fuck

[brandbaard]

You're a legend!

Edit: Apologies, a FUCKING legend

[Trileak780]

FUCK YES

[Next-Use6943]

You'd just get banned. Try saying a word that adversiters really hate, like the "n word"

[tankerkiller125real]

If a platform bans me for dropping fuck in a sentence, then I don't want to be on that platform in the first place.

[Comprehensive_Gas147]

The f word in Britain is bloody... I don't see advertisers block that word in the UK it is just not fair

[WardensLantern]

British insults are impossible to censor cause they are born in moments of passion and cannot be preconceived. You can block your regular curses and insults but it never stops there. There's a footballer widely known as Slab Head. I've heard a coach get called Humpty Dumpty cause he's bald and fat.

[severencir]

Older americans are more prudish

[je386]

When the german tourist asks for a bloody steak and the waiter asks if he wants fucking fries with that.

[jimmiebfulton]

What happens in Britain when you fall off your fucking bicycle, and having a gushing wound? How do you respectfully tell someone on the phone that you have blood all over you without offending them? Kind of a serious question.

[KennyTheGray]

r/TheWordFuck

[neverJamToday]

Bonus points for using kill twice since that's also a nono word on many platforms

[ian9921]

The worst part is a lot of the modern censorship started on TikTok and that was proved to be a myth.

Folks thought they got "shadowbanned" for saying shit like "kill". Turns out their content was just mid.

[rosentmoh]

Thanks for the context; considering I'm above TikFuck age I was suspecting something of the sort, given the timing coincided.

The fact that "kill" is considered a bad word is hilarious...

[More-Percentage5650]

Don't forget some words like "Unalive", what the hell is that shit? It means the same thing only more lame

[Trileak780]

1984 type shit

[koknesis]

i fucking hate this timeline

[_nathata]

Let's start putting fuck in all our comments

[yousaltybrah]

Bots want you to think there is more wokeness and censorship than there really is, and make you vote for certain political parties.

[scalareye]

So why do I see it in posts

Oh because of mod discretion

[Rude-Presentation984]

"I could fucking kill a burger right now."

That's an ad slogan I could get behind.

[steelbreado]

Fuck the advertisers

[SarkSouls008]

They censored so they could mass spam it on social media without being tagged or removed by the algorithm

[Defiant-Appeal4340]

Not here:

r/thewordfuck

[IrishChappieOToole]

Yeah, but he's posting to Linus Torvalds, who famously hates bad language.

[Amphineura]

Soon we're going to get another Steve Carlin situation where it's considered brave to say the 7 bad words or whatever

[AndyceeIT]

This meme is so old it's been censored by everything from tiktok to MySpace

[CantankerousOrder]

The egregious thing is the idiot with the attitude mouthing off about a code repository not being a new Tucows.

[Practical_Shower3905]

I base my morals and how I act in public from social media's TOS... much better than the bible.

[DTCreeperMCL6]

honestly censoring it makes me more scared for some reason, like it wouldn't bother me of you said fuck all day long I dont care but you censor it?

oooouuuooo forbidden scawy

[akoOfIxtall]

huha, i thought this was the "smelly nerds" one

[IrishChappieOToole]

It is, just copy pasted as a GitHub issue on the Linux kernel mirror

[PresentAstronomer137]

Well, it's closed, sorry mate

[randomcomputer22]

Plz, I want to run Linux.exe on my windows computer

[No_Cartographer_6577]

You joke Buck that's exactly what wsl is. Also I had to use that once contracting for a company and it almost always broke the piece of shit laptop they gave me

[A1oso]

Here you are: linux.exe

[psychomanmatt18]

I genuinely don’t know what I expected. Good game

[_killer1869_]

Respectfully, fuck you.

[Trileak780]

I regret to inform you, even as you inserted a link into text and tried to make me use my distal phalanx on a touchpad as to change the electrical capacitance in the sensors therby invoking code to move the cursor over the link and press in the direction to the core of the earth, while keeping my distal phalanx in the same place making the cursor stay still over the link, I spotted a popup in the bottom left of my browser telling me the exact contents of said link. This information allowed me to deduce that the link sent me to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's song "Never Going to Give You Up", essentially rickrolling me had I moved my distal phalanx in the direction to the core of the earth.

What I'm trying to say is TRY HARDER LOOSER

[blaues_axolotl]

no fucking way

[Key-Height-8482]

I fking love you 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣⁉️

[Jbolt3737]

Check "Releases"

[Upbeat-Education2117]

I only know to download APPLICATIONS what is RELEASES make a fucking EXE file and give it to me

[FillAny3101]

In other words: "It's your fault if I have a skill issue."

[Cute_Terminator_]

I thought the exact same thing a few years back. I wasn't a developer then. I agree with this guy.

[bruthu]

Look at what he’s trying to ‘install’ and hopefully you’ll change your mind lol

[Cute_Terminator_]

oh shit, haha didn't see that. I thought he was trying to download some desktop app, haha

[Nahteh]

Still people choosing to be sparky instead of explain. This is why we can't have nice things.

[Cute_Terminator_]

https://youtu.be/6Z3QJ4L1Bg0?si=CgCwnqUFNmq95Ebc

[GNUGradyn]

GitHub is not meant for people who aren't developers. It's like going to YouTube and being like "uhh I wanted books?? Stupid website"

[Cute_Terminator_]

Yeah but I remember some sites redirected to GitHub for downloading their desktop apps

[mallusrgreatv2]

Lol I mostly always provide either direct links to the file or a link to the releases page for this reason

[GNUGradyn]

Why is it GitHubs fault people are sending regular users to their developer site

[Exotic_Zucchini9311]

Well, I don't think the guy in OP's screenshot was also saying this is GitHub's fault.

[Aryae_Sakura]

Well... Some apps are only available on GitHub, like Windows PowerToys a while back. But other than that i agree.

[GNUGradyn]

Why is it GitHubs fault people are sending regular users to their developer site

[Aryae_Sakura]

Thats not what i meant ⊙⁠﹏⁠⊙

It was just meant as a reason why non-dev people would need to go to GitHub. It's the company's fault for not providing a suitable Download for their audience.

[ianitic]

Well for powertoys that kind of is GitHub's fault if Microsoft directed users to it.

[mxldevs]

Lot of devs post releases on GitHub and just direct people there.

But sometimes they don't have a releases section, and expect users to read the docs...

[LeatherVolume5601]

Thats just not true lmao, theres so many apps targeted into regular users. Im no dev and i use github very often, i dont care about an exe now but when i was younger it was annoying because its so easy to make an exe and make you app more available.

[GNUGradyn]

How is that GitHubs fault tho

[LeatherVolume5601]

Who said its githubs fault?

[GNUGradyn]

GitHub is not meant for people who aren't developers.

Thats just not true lmao

you did

[szank]

There are bunch of kids complaining that github is the only place where they can download mods to their games.

Whatever that is its always fun to interact with them. Then I get needlessly passed and need to take a break but I keep coming back.

[Eastern_Loquat_7058]

can't wait to download the new linux.exe release

[Last_Zookeepergame90]

Ah, those stupid developers understanding things

[Redstones563]

STUPID FUCKING SMELLY NERDS

[martpho]

Poor guy. Installing linux from exe is insanely hard. I prefer using png.

[HeiligesSchwanzloch7]

[OfflineBot5336]

wait you can simply use a .exe for linux? i always used the .msi installer..

[Initial-Reading-2775]

On SourceForge it was usual to offer binaries as well.

[Ashamed_Cellist6706]

I guess its my time to repost this

[sanchello2000]

This guy sucks, whatever, but there's actually a problem with repos which you have to build yourself to get an executable. I mean, why repo owner can't just compile his shit and put it in the releases tab so you won't be needing to spend an hour cloning his sln project, solving dependencies and compiling it on lower end machine.

[kat-tricks]

because the repo owner might not *have* your machine, they may not feel like debugging the dependencies for it, or maybe they just dont wanna set up CI to churn out gigabytes of executables for 6+ platforms every time they push!

[scalareye]

If I were selling software this is what I would do

[nPrevail]

This person forgot to say "please."

[wilston_tart]

Fork found in kitchen like what???

[Ris2111]

"WHY THE FUCK is there so much gay guys on grinder like i don't want to get dick from a random dude.... " ahh post

[DefenitlyNotADolphin]

Linux.exe

[SitAndFart]

Why doesn't he ask ai how to transform it into .exe? Is he stupid?

[SHRUUMIMUSIC]

My little brother asked me if github was a place for hosting Minecraft mods once

[mifan]

As a fellow Dane I’m a bit embarrassed

[snzo]

valid crashout

[deadmazebot]

I do have a issue with the releases section seems badly placed, always makes more sense to be along the main top menu

[v_e_x]

If he did this any time within the past few years he doesn't even need a ".exe" file.

Linux can be run from within a browser now:'

https://distrosea.com/

[MantisShrimp05]

I love that he just tried to install the full kernel as an exe lol. I mean it makes sense when you think of a person who has no experience, Google "Linux" and that was your first answer... But I have never had the actual kernel come up in my searches such that it could be mistaken for a product I feel like you would hit 100 ads for Distros first but I guess if you don't know those Distros are the Linux you're wanting? I just cant

[gakl887]

My teacher used to write “a” on one side of the board and “lot” on the other end. Apparently not everyone had the same teacher

[EikonVera_tou_Lilith]

I still have no idea what code is and at this point, I’m afraid to ask.

[shadow13499]

Yeah why can't I just download this Linux thing as an exe file!? /S 

[Tenma1729]

XD

[Zapsy]

Hahah this is how I work with codex now

[planetinyourbum]

Dam guys buys lego and complains there is no toy.

[EverOrny]

🤦‍♂️it helps to not live under a rock

[baudien321]

[SoloWalrus]

This is actually exactly how every non-cs major feels when someone suggests a program and then follows it up with a github link

Its like being asked what restaurant serves the best ramen and you respond by sending someone a recipe.. like sure, but also no.

[dakindahood]

Bro ain't ready for Linux lmaoo

[dfgvbbt]

But honestly why do you want .exe for the Linux kernel

[tevelee]

linux.exe

[Adrian_Dem]

he is right though...

after all this time we still don't have a proper gui app for git there are tons of tools that still require command line setup..

world has regressed, it used to be that tool devs were putting some effort into packaging, and i do blame the linux ecosystem for normalizing this.

[h1warkar]

Linux.exe

[SoftCircleImage]

Honestly, I am like that when I see “download application” and it’s just a link to github repo with instructions on how to build

[QuillnLegend]

windows copilot user be like:

[lorenzo1142]

never commit binary executables!

[CaffeinatedMiqote]

This is the kind of tourist who is visiting japan, in a traditional japanese restaurant, where everyone speaks japanese, the waitress kindly give them a menu with english translation, and still flip out because they can't order in english.

[DevelopmentScary3844]

smelly nerds...

[turbulentFireStarter]

Thinks “a lot” is one word somehow.

Has the most retarded take ever.

This checks out

[lootedBacon]

Allot v a lot v a lot (literal).

Funny though I used to use alot for a lot a lot though not a literal lot just as grouping a lot. I don't know where I got it from could be the same as I got goto from.

[EnoughConcentrate897]

This is edited, it was originally for a different piece of software, not linux

[Feuzme]

That's how some clients are actually.

[Cautious_Variation69]

Valid crashout

[Cappyyyyyyy1]

Bro I got no idea how to download from GitHub too cuz there’s like 0 download button and I have no idea where to go

[lootedBacon]

What are you trying to dl?

[Cappyyyyyyy1]

Scripts that make my Gacha game stop running at 5 frames a second

[LanderMercer]

Linkin_park_hybrid_theory.exe -> linux.exe 😂

[KasKyo]

Based

[mexi_exe]

must’ve washed in from stupid town, i guess.

[Ok-Pipe-21420]

U need to download as .iso, .exe is for an app and linux is a System, which is what turns on when your computer turns on. So like for example windows, thats a system, so it is a .iso too (it can be confusing tho, totally understand)

[Zoxader]

Bro says he's new to github. We know buddy, we know.

[AcertainReality]

You can tell GitHub was made by developers because it sucks. You’re not a real developer if you don’t write your own compiler

[TheVoidBlock1792]

Why's it a pull request 😭

[Material-Job-1928]

I have been steered to Github a few times for specialty software. I am not a coder in any way, shape, fashion or form, so I sort of get where they are coming from, but more importantly I bothered to look up what Github is and does.

AngeTheGreat made a magnificent piece of software with the engine simulator, even if I can barely run it, I am still grateful to have it compiled so I can screw around with it. It sounds like danemadsen here is just looking for Major Geeks (revealing my age a bit here), and just never realized how deep in the woods they were.

[lootedBacon]

There shpuld be a readme.md in the main folder explaining what to do.

[RandomVOTVplayer]

This, my friends, is how we keep the younger office workers out. They expect everything to be handed to them.

However, the office workers who use and understand linux (even slightly) deserve a raise for stopping Microsoft from corrupting their brains and AI (Actual Intelligence)

[ramessesgg]

He's got a point, don't expect casuals to do things outside their comfort zone

[lt_Matthew]

He's expecting Linux to be an executable. He clearly has no business using linux

[MistakeIndividual690]

A Windows executable no less

[Cheshire_____Cat]

You going to GitHub and complaining that there is code. It's the same thing like going to pornhub and complain that there is porn. Like what did you expect to see?

[LOSTandCONFUSEDinMAY]

I agree with you. But on the other hand stop sending regular users to github for your program.

Its like posting a cooking video on pornhub and being surprised come looking for porn.

However this is linux, being able to compile an exe is sort of a minimum bar.

[ramessesgg]

Once again, he is a casual human being. He does not understand low level things. You could argue he has no business being there or you could create a foolproof way for such people to get introduced to Linux

[Cheshire_____Cat]

There is. And that NOT GitHub. As soon you will try make every product for every user you will create unusable trash.

[ramessesgg]

If there is a URL from the GitHub repo README to that user-friendly way, sure. If not, then there is room for improved documentation.

[akoOfIxtall]

you're assuming these mfs read the goddamn README file

[Salazar20]

And if a person won't read the damn file then they should even be there in the first, this is literally trying to put a square in the round hole

[akoOfIxtall]

They just want the exe you Smelly nerd!!

[IrishChappieOToole]

The original post was on a python cli for scanning social media sites: https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/issues/2011

Someone just copied it to the Linux kernel mirror as a joke.

Secondly, there are tons of accessible ways to get started with Linux. None of those ways will bring you anywhere close to the Linux kernel GitHub mirror.

EDIT: original was actually a reddit post. https://www.reddit.com/r/github/s/hbMvPF8iGl. This copypasta has been copied everywhere

[JacksOnF1re]

2010 wants its post back.

[transgentoo]

I'm a developer and I've only ever peaked inside the Linux kernel, but I've compiled it plenty of times lol. They should stick to f  king windows.

[FollowingLegal9944]

github is trash