358
Why are so many Linux projects on Microsoft GitHub? Shouldn't they all move to Codeberg? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
126 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Sure, I know a lot of projects have been on GH since before MS bought it, but they've owned it for quite a while now, so we really should be seeing better migration out by now, no?

Codeberg is nonprofit which seems more in the spirit of the Linux ecosystem overall. GH is for-profit...

EDIT: All right, all right, I've gotten schooled. Thank you, O wise ones; I didn't realize how much Microsoft literally depends on Linux, among other things. I will proceed to shut up.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 34 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Inertia. And GitHub was actually good, despite MS ownership. Until recently.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It really is quite amazing how fast its gone completely to shit. The site is so fucking slow so much of the time. I've started moving my projects one-by-one to a Forgejo instance I control, the main hurdle is just updating actions workflows to work there.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    In hindsight the period 2015-2022 was a kind of a golden age for Microsoft.
    They actually made (well, acquired) some good software, and even not-so-good stuff like Azure had a point of existing.

    Of course it all went downhill very quickly.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    There was a brief time there where I thought even Xbox was doing pretty good shit. Backwards compatibility and the Xbox Adaptive Controller come to mind. With the latter especially, I feel like that was a lot of R&D for a relatively niche product. Nowadays, idk wtf they're doing over there besides constantly fucking up.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent