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Sorceforge blocked downloads

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:29 pm
by Moltke
Hi everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :)

I needed to download antiX 32bit to install it to a friend's pc and since I had the antiX's SF page bookmarked tried that first, turns out I can't download or do anything else in that site because of US sanctions as stated in new SF terms and conditions https://slashdotmedia.com/terms-of-use/:
Users residing in countries on the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control sanction list, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, Sudan and Syria, may not post Content to, or access Content available through, SourceForge.net. Slashdot Media handles user Registration Data in accordance with the Sites’ Privacy Policy.
I used instead the evowise repo which still works.

Re: Sorceforge blocked downloads

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:33 pm
by Stevo
The Tor browser is also an option, or a proxy server.

How many GB/TB of downloads these days for all MX releases?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:39 pm
by esbeeb
Just curious, how many GB/TB of downloads do all MX releases use up per month, grand totaled across all mirrors, these days? Anyone know?

Re: Sorceforge blocked downloads

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:40 pm
by Moltke
Stevo wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:33 pm The Tor browser is also an option, or a proxy server.
I know, I use protonvpn so I could've used that but still, is such a pain and a dissapointment.

Re: Sorceforge blocked downloads

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 4:23 pm
by anticapitalista
antiX is not responsible for SF policy. But, the good news is that we offer plenty of download mirrors as an alternative.

https://antixlinux.com/download/

Re: Sorceforge blocked downloads

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:23 pm
by Moltke
anticapitalista wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2020 4:23 pm antiX is not responsible for SF policy. But, the good news is that we offer plenty of download mirrors as an alternative.

https://antixlinux.com/download/
Indeed you do. I never meant to hold antiX reponsible for that cause I know it has nothing to do with it, I just thought you might want to know about it so I posted it.

Re: Sorceforge blocked downloads

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:24 pm
by Stevo
If those are mirroring SF, does that mean the mirrors in affected countries also can't host antiX?

Re: Sorceforge blocked downloads

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 9:57 am
by Moltke
Seems SF changed its mind and I'm able to use the site again without a VPN or any of that sort. :happy: