Do we want a downloads category or a page on the pixels.us site?
I would opt for a page in this case. All links in one place, and only those pointing to the best and/or most up-to-date versions of the various programs.
For users who want to get exactly what they need in less than 5 minutes 
Would this be something that gets wedged into the existing pixls.us/software page in some way? Or would it maybe be a new or sub-page to that?
I feel like the software page is both specific and buldging with content.
Iād be happy to maintain a sticky post in the software category with the links and explanation.
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I started drafting a āSoftware Downloads Linksā page:
Welcome
This post is meant to house links to download software built by the community that does not have a proper distribution place (ā¦ or weāll become the distribution place?). You should have a look at our software page for a large list of software and links to their home pages.
Some of the provided or linked packages provide software in alpha or beta state and are hosted here for the testerās convenience. If you are uncertain which version to install, please check the softwareās original home page or feel free to ask in the forum.
Community-built software
GIMP 2.9.5 with PhotoFlow and GāMIC by @Carmelo_DrRaw
GIMP for Windows and McGimp for Mac (In the siteās sidebar) by @partha
Questions
- What overlap should there be with our software page and why? We donāt want to duplicate links. Should we expand the information available in the software page? maybe using something like https://www.npmjs.com/package/metalsmith-virtual-pages and then storing the data in a json file.
- Is there a fairly easy way we can provide a mirror for some of this software?
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I would issue a warning in the prologue: āSome of the provided or linked packages provide software in aplha or beta state and are hosted here for the testerās convenience. If you are uncertain which version to install, please check the softwareās original home page or feel free to ask on discuss.pixls.us.ā
Maybe each of the links could be accompanied by a little text explaining the status and contents of the package.
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Awesome! Thank you for taking the lead on this!
The software page might be better pointing to the āofficialā pages of the various projects. If we have local builds that we want to make people aware of, we could add some text to each entry with links into the appropriate post here on discuss (your sticky post).
If we really want another page to cover these special builds, @paperdigits and I can look into auto-generating a semi-dynamic page on the main site that can pull itās content from a post here on discuss. (Like pull the page data from the first post in a topic that is a wiki possibly).
Easy? Possibly. Iāll have a look at the host for the main site at the moment to see if I can get access created easily for folks. Then I can just give access to the project authors and let them upload as needed. Iāll have a look today and test this with @paperdigits or @Carmelo_DrRaw.
Iām available for doing some testsā¦
Iām in the process of figuring out either a) how to add a user + ssh access to someone on my shared hosting plan, or b) falling back to getting you an acct on the discuss server with a temporary upload dir that Iāll rsync back to the webhost with. Still looking!
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Hi Pat!
I have now a gimp appimage which seems to be reasonably good enough to be announced to a wider audience.
Do you think we can now host the package here on pixls.us and put a direct link on the new page created by @paperdigits?
I will then also add some short installation instructionsā¦
Thanks!
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For the moment we only have a link to the forum thread, and from there to the packages on dropboxā¦ very difficult to follwlow. What about hosting the package directly on pixls.us?
Oh? You didnāt upload the file directly to pixls.us? You should be able to. I can then update @paperdigits post with a link (and we should probably consider a blog post on this too).
@Carmelo_DrRaw, check your PM, instructions from Pat are there! If not, Iāll upload it later tonight (its 8 AM here in California).
I already uploaded a file successfully. What is the outside link to it?
Ah! Thanks!!!
Since you are a mod, feel free to edit my post if youād like! I am uncomfortable with making the page community wiki, which I had originally thought of.
It might also be good to include a shasum.