[iforgotpassword]

> and an old file-sharing software called eMule.

Dangit, the fact that you had to explain it like that makes me feel old. There was a time when that software was found on everyone's PC and held the top spot on sourceforge's most downloaded list.

[Andrex]

Maybe you can tell me, since I only noticed around 2007-2008.

Did Sourceforge always suck balls?

[sejje]

Sourceforge used to be a primary location for getting software.

It did suck balls, but we were grateful to have it in a time where it was possibly the best option.

[iforgotpassword]

Imo it wasn't that bad, but maybe that was just because code-centric sites like github didn't exist yet. It tried to provide you with a simple landing page for your open source project that can offer you a download button, centered around releasing compiled, versioned software. Their offering of a VCS (svn and CVS IIRC) was more of an added bonus. But once github was there you started wondering how sourceforge ever seemed good.

[MattGrommes]

It was never a great user experience but as the dotcom boom died out and the money went away, they got worse and worse as they got sold a few times.

[tough]

eMule is doing fine and well tho

maybe we should make more p2p kademilia software to combat the social media giants

[cactusplant7374]

Soulseek is doing even better.

[UltraSane]

I downloaded episodes of South Park using eMule over dial up internet.

[reddalo]

> Sourceforge

That's another trip down memory lane...

[benterix]

For the real trip see this: https://webarchive.di.uminho.pt/web.archive.org/web/20090203...

[aspenmayer]

I’m not sure what the first part of that URL does, but I didn’t click on it because it’s suspicious to prepend something to an Internet Archive link. I don’t recognize that domain but perhaps you can explain what it is and what it does?

Here’s the bare archive on IA:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090203182724/http:/freshmeat.n...