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I want to leave ge.tt as they say I am distributing malware

#1 Post by guinness »

I host my applications using the service ge.tt, but the have flagged my account on numerous occasions as being malware, which they aren't of course. So can anyone recommend a better alternative?

Until this is resolved, I have taken my site offline.

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#2 Post by smaragdus »

@guinness
Have you tried Mega? It offers 50 GB for free.

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#3 Post by guinness »

Thanks, though the company has a controversial past I could do without.

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Well, as you already know, I host my programs in SourceForge.

Some other options I'm aware of are Bintray and FossHub.
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#5 Post by smaragdus »

I don't know what is controversial about Mega, the fact that it was founded by Kim Dotcom, the one who opposed the dictatorship of the copyright cult and who fought and still fights against the global censorship and the suppression of freedom USA is trying to impose on the whole world?

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smaragdus wrote:I don't know what is controversial about Mega, the fact that it was founded by Kim Dotcom, the one who opposed the dictatorship of the copyright cult and who fought and still fights against the global censorship and the suppression of freedom USA is trying to impose on the whole world?
At Megaupload, the precedessor of Mega, the employees themselves uploaded copyrighted material without permission.
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#7 Post by shnbwmn »

What about Github?

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#8 Post by Midas »

I'll just add the obvious Google Drive and SkyDrive to the list...

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#9 Post by guinness »

shnbwmn wrote:What about Github?
I use GitHub, but NOT (this used to be now) all my software is open source.
Midas wrote:I'll just add the obvious Google Drive and SkyDrive to the list...
It might be the only way.
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#10 Post by webfork »

guinness wrote:...can anyone recommend a better alternative?
If you're already using Github, which I understood as a fairly complete service, what else do you need?

Offhand I'd say Wikia as it gives some opportunity for collaboration in addition to site hosting, though I haven't tested it recently.

Good luck and let me know if you need additional help. You having these issues is absurd to me.

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#11 Post by lautrepay »

guinness wrote:
shnbwmn wrote:What about Github?
I use GitHub, but now all my software is open source.
There's a typo here. What guinness wanted to say is that "not all my software is open source". That's why is not possible to use GitHub for all of their programs.

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#12 Post by shnbwmn »

lautrepay wrote:What guinness wanted to say is that "not all my software is open source". That's why is not possible to use GitHub for all of their programs.
But if a person is only hosting the installation/zip packages (as is the case here), and not the code, then there shouldn't be an issue right?

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webfork wrote: Offhand I'd say Wikia as it gives some opportunity for collaboration in addition to site hosting, though I haven't tested it recently.
Wikia isn't a file hosting service at all. Guinness needs a service to host program downloads.
shnbwmn wrote:
lautrepay wrote:What guinness wanted to say is that "not all my software is open source". That's why is not possible to use GitHub for all of their programs.
But if a person is only hosting the installation/zip packages (as is the case here), and not the code, then there shouldn't be an issue right?
I think the GitHub EULA doesn't allow closed-source projects to host downloads there (except with paid plans).
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#14 Post by lautrepay »

IIRC, FossHub hosts freeware, not only open source software.

EDIT: There are well known and reputed open source (i.e. SMPlayer, Audacity), freeware (i.e. foobar2000) and even freemium (SpyBot S&D) software hosted there.
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#15 Post by guinness »

Yeh I should have written NOT. My bad. I will check out all the suggestions. Thanks.

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