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BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
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reports that GitHub is
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storage of any file over 100Mb. That rules out all of our iso files. The say SourceForge is an option but they are not a perfect solution.

I briefly looked into Kim Dotcom's new site
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. I really like that every file is encrypted and stored in at least two different geographic areas. Unfortunately,
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and doesn't work with all browsers.

Here is a comparison of
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although I think we will be better off with a site that is designed for Free and Open Source Software.