It’s helpful to take a few steps back from time to time to reassess where we’re each coming from on our knowledge of tech (or anything) to better communicate.

  • ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOP
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    11 months ago

    Personally, when I’m looking around for different software, as someone that’s in-between unfamiliar and familiar with tech: if it doesn’t have an installer/executable/apk and only describes a way to build/compile from source, I have to imagine it wasn’t intended for non-devs to start with.

    Yet somehow I seem to find my way to software like that occasionally. 🤷‍♀️

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 months ago

      And that’s probably the case.

      When someone creates a hobby project, they might not immediately have the time to spend on making a convenient package or executable because it’s still in early development, still buggy and unsupported, or it’s targeting only people capable of compiling code.

      • Jako301@feddit.de
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        11 months ago

        Or it uses Code that’s publicly available but you aren’t allowed to redistribute.