Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages (www.phoronix.com)

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[-] steam_lover@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I admire the arch linux's team transparency. A non-power user might see these news and think "linux is dangerous", without thinking that windows and mac also have malicious programs that can be installed too.

I haven't seem all packages, but some of them seem shady and with 0.0 popularity on the AUR, it's already suspicious by itself. People gotta be careful when installing AUR packages.

[-] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago

I’m not saying it wasn’t safe, it’s just perhaps not quite as safe as some of the other ones.

[-] med@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

What sort of standards are these packages built to?

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

For the AUR I think anything goes.

[-] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago

Well, cardboard’s out.

[-] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago

Well, the packages are not supposed contain malware for a start.

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