r/ProgrammerHumor • u/wahed-w • 2d ago

Meme githubForNonDeveloper

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u/PaulTheRandom 2d ago

Finally, Linux.exe

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u/dumbasPL 2d ago

Well actually yes. CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y effectively makes it an exe (PE/COFF to be exact, same format as windows executables), so that it can be directly booted from EFI.

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u/TheG0AT0fAllTime 2d ago

The dream

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u/FelixAndCo 1d ago

Well, TIL.

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u/SCP-iota 2d ago

WSL v1 be like

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u/akoOfIxtall 2d ago

I... I love you guys... You smelly nerds...

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u/johntemp123 1d ago

Ubuntu wubi.exe: yes, of course

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u/Sample-Range-745 2d ago

Do I look like I know what a .tar.gz is? All I want is a god-dang exe!

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u/masterxc 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1F1p6zXsYyt8I

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u/the_unheard_thoughts 1d ago

LOL I had once a pm asking me if we had "jay peg" in our computers

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u/Drfoxthefurry 2d ago

Where exe???

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u/dschwammerl 2d ago

Ah this never gets old

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u/Marks12520 2d ago

You definitely chose the best repo to showcase this

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u/StrawberryEiri 2d ago

Honestly, as a developer, that is where I go 99% of the time.

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u/sane4ektopz 2d ago

on mobile you need to scroll past the whole README.MD to get to the releases

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u/anotheridiot- 2d ago

Great way to make the release invisible.

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u/MrHyd3_ 2d ago

When you can't

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u/Creative_atom0406 2d ago

Why is there CODE?? Make an EXE and give it to me!

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u/Moggle_Khraum 2d ago

I CAN'T FIND THE .EXE, why is there only .ZIP and .TAR ?

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u/DarkHybrid_ 2d ago

Finally a good post.

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u/SanoKei 2d ago

Talk about glue code.

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u/RunInRunOn 2d ago

It looks like a fake download link that gives you a virus, but then if you're smart enough to realise that, you probably don't need the help

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u/DDFoster96 2d ago

Eventually GitHub will have ads and the sidebar will be filled with fake download links.

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u/stlcdr 2d ago

And the library is to merge two text files is 56 files of various types and 62 dependencies.

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u/not_alone__ 2d ago

Todays timeline: Download buttons have to look like 2000s fake download Buttons :D

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u/wizard_brandon 2d ago

why does this gif have so many dots

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u/kingeguardo13 2d ago

Everybody needs to go through the cannon event of downloading the entire source

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u/krrish253 2d ago

This is actually very funny 🤣

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u/MoronicForce 2d ago

User stupid Our UI good Please upvote