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[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If that's a concern for the project maintainers, they should create a homepage for the project with download links.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or make a shortcut/link in the readme to the newest release of the most popular OS's.

A decent release page tends to contain all kinds of files for different OS, so 'regular' people who just want the .deb or .exe would likely become confused regardless.

[–] MotoAsh 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I mean, if you don't even know what OS you're on...

Next you're going to tell me cars need boosters so babies can reach the pedals... At a certain point, it becomes irresponsible to enable ignorance.