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CWuestefeld:
Similarly, I still use MajorGeeks, and I believe them to still be above-board. But I may be wrong.
bit:
@bit
.. no gizmo's ? :( http://www.techsupportalert.com/ Gizmo's introduced me to DC.
-crabby3 (January 14, 2015, 06:08 AM)
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tnx. ^gizmo's added to my last post & personal list :)
I didn't say 'yea or nay' to majorgeeks and leave that call to others.
mouser:
And this might be a good time to toot our own horn and say thank you to everyone who has donated to the DonationCoder.com website over the last 9+ years.
* We have always been able to host our own software on our own server and been able to do so even as we started hitting huge numbers of downloads (about a terrabyte per month).
* We have never bundled anything with any of our downloads -- no adware, crapware, malware, toolbars.. nothing.
* Other than an occasional experiment -- a month here and there -- the website itself has remained entirely advertisement free.
Those things have been made possible because of the generous donations from normal folks like you who help pay for our $400/month hosting costs. So, thank you for helping keep DonationCoder clean and annoyance-free.
And a bonus thank you to the volunteers on the forum who help keep the forum fun and free of drama!
bit:
^drama queens, agreed.
Asian dramas, that's 'another story'. :)
Okay, about safe/unsafe download sites, what about sourceforge?
Steven Avery:
Nice list.. ready for bookmark action.
NoNags
http://www.nonags.com/
Some go out of their way to send you to the source site:
http://www.freewaregenius.com/
I know Sourceforge can allow the people they host to have bundled junk. I'm not aware that they add anything.
Steven
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