What's in a name? Freshmeat is now Freecode

I haven't thought of Freshmeat in probably 8 years. Amazing to see that they are still around. Does anyone here actually actively use them anymore? If so how? Back in the day I would use it to watch for new releases of different types of software to try out and experiment with.

Re: What's in a name? Freshmeat is now Freecode

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Post by tobylane » Sat, Oct 29, 2011, 4:38 PM UTC

Would be a much better name if Freenode didn't exist.

Re: What's in a name? Freshmeat is now Freecode

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Post by moe » Sat, Oct 29, 2011, 4:39 PM UTC

Freshmeat used to be great in the days of altavista and sourceforge. In the age of google and github it has become largely irrelevant.

Re: What's in a name? Freshmeat is now Freecode

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Post by sgt » Sat, Oct 29, 2011, 4:46 PM UTC

I think they should have done this namechange years ago. Maybe 10 years ago when it started fading. And also, they should shift their focus on helping Linux users find software that is useful to them, i.e. software that is easily installable on the most popular distributions.

If you go to Freshmeat/Freecode now, and look at the front page, you'll find obscure libraries, with a "Download" link that takes you to the tarballs. In my opinion, they should be doing that as well, but they should be doing more than that.

Re: What's in a name? Freshmeat is now Freecode

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Post by callahad » Sat, Oct 29, 2011, 4:52 PM UTC

Huh. The "free(code)" wordmark actually feels rather nice. It's imperative. Free your code! In marked contrast, "freecode" just feels... cheap.

Re: What's in a name? Freshmeat is now Freecode

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Post by powertower » Sat, Oct 29, 2011, 4:57 PM UTC

Similar move was "ColdStorage" to "SourceForge".

Re: What's in a name? Freshmeat is now Freecode

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Post by nona » Sat, Oct 29, 2011, 4:58 PM UTC

roschdal wrote: post #3

This is what happens when you have a parent company. The freshmeat brand was good enough, IMHO.

I liked the original Freshmeat too. It feels a bit too generic now.