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Is Warpinator.net legit? (Solved: no!) (programming.dev)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/linuxmint@programming.dev

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I was just looking up Warpinator's compatibility with Windows since it's so nice on Linux, but https://warpinator.net/ randomly capitalizes the "P" at the bottom, which is just wild and out of nowhere; I fear that it may be an impostor site. What's the best way to tell?

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[–] SatansDaughter@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This might help, it says warpinator.com is a fake website and this issue mentions warpinator.net. The github homepage does mention (unofficial) windows port

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but then why does it even brand itself as "WarPinator.net?" It does that in at least 3 different places which made me raise an eyebrow, then scrunch both.

[–] adarza@piefed.ca 3 points 1 month ago

the warpinator repo gives a couple sources for third-party windows builds. the site you are asking about is not one of the links provided.

[–] adarza@piefed.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

don't trust it.

the actual linuxmint warpinator repo readme points to this third-party windows build (because mint does not provide windows binaries themselves):

https://github.com/slowscript/warpinator-windows/releases

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks. These imposters are disgusting. I wonder how we can get them off the internet.