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[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 26 points 8 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@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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.