▲ 751 ▼ This month's Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and possibly your PC's stability (www.techspot.com) submitted 2 months ago by effzehkoelle@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 226 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 130 points 2 months ago* (2 children) Linux Users: permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago* (26 children) Ironically people who "btw I use Arch" have been FREAKING OUT because their precious arch user repository got massively infected with infostealer malware, lol This was just this week permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 40 child comments replies: [–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 43 points 2 months ago (3 children) I use Bazzite btw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 15 points 2 months ago I agree. It’s the ideal choice for gaming, and until recently, I had never heard of it. I can’t imagine going back to Windows 11 unless I was held at gun point and even then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Sweet permalink fedilink source parent [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) What a gamers nexus normie! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Nexus is a good channel, but normies don't even know what linux is. Steve may be tech Jesus but he's no linux bro. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (1 child) precious arch user repository I think you vastly overestimate the importance of AUR. A lot of Arch users had to say something about the incident and many of them didn‘t even use it. It‘s definitely nothing essential. Also Arch users still don‘t give a fuck about Windows. This whole AUR debacle has little to do with what OP was actually getting at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children) Maybe so. I use cachy just for the record, so I'm not piling on with linux hate. I'm just enjoying the madness of it all. :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago FYI, CachyOS is Arch based. It has access to the AUR. If you weren't effected, that proves the point. The AUR is a repository of last resort. It's useful, but you should be careful. That's true even before this even. It's a repository made by users, and is not verified. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago CachyOS not only is Arch, it uses packages from AUR out of the box permalink fedilink source parent [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Crazy self own my guy permalink fedilink source parent [–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago Nobody is freaking out who isn't a moron. There are a handful of arch users who eat crayons... if the windows users in 2026 leave any I mean. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago I use arch (kinda), and has zero issues. It was a problem if you used unmaintained packages from arch, as adopting them and contaminating then was the attack vector. Using someone that's unmaintained is always kinda questionable, so instead I'd just manually install that instead (it shouldn't change if it isn't maintained anyway). permalink fedilink source parent [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) This is why I love flatpak and sandboxing in general permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Flatpak ruules! permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago For those of us Arch btw users: https://gist.github.com/Kidev/85756c3dcad3623ca5604a8135bafd14 permalink fedilink source parent [–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago I had a mild panic then realised I've never used AUR so I'm fine permalink fedilink source parent [–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Mostly because they were doing the linux equivalent to downloading .exe's from limewire. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago I use Arch, btw. But no, I wouldn't blame my incompetence on my distro even if I were infected, which I wasn't. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago DAE BOF SIDES permalink fedilink source parent [–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (5 children) The Windows equivalent of this would basically be the discovery that a bunch of apps on the Microsoft Store were infected with malware. This really sucks for people that migrated to Linux without becoming Linux experts, and chose a friendly distro based on Arch that came with the AUR, like the often-recommended CachyOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 months ago (1 child) The packages on the AUR are all user created. It's not really comparable to the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) Is the Microsoft Store not full of apps not created by Microsoft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EpeeGnome@feddit.online 10 points 2 months ago (2 children) It's apps approved by Microsoft. They only made a small fraction of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments load more comments (2 replies) [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) AUR is not the official repository. Its more like downloading a virus from Mlcrosoft.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) The AUR is hosted on https://aur.archlinux.org/. Just like how Microsoft hosts the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's like saying that github is equivalent to the Microsoft store. Sure, they provide the space for the repository. It's controlled by users though, as the name implies. It isn't the official repository, like the Microsoft store is the official "repository" for Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] teft@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) The Windows equivalent of this would basically be the discovery that a bunch of apps on the Microsoft Store were infected with malware. You mean like this? https://www.howtogeek.com/788382/beware-of-malware-in-windows-apps-on-the-microsoft-store/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago If it was the actual apps and not just look-alikes, yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) There is a reason why the arch community had such a bad reputation when it came to newcomers, they were gate keeping good technical knowledge of the system. It had the side effect that most people became royal dicks on the forums and stopped being helpful, but it did have what I would consider the intended effect of people being wary of everything they did on their system. I find the easy arch distros to be fairly interesting since my recommendation has always been that anyone who wants to daily drive an arch distro should install arch through command line at least once and read about the packages they use. I personally run endeavor os, but I started by doing the leg work, which led me to the conclusion that I prefer flatpaks over aur if it is available because they are far more easier to maintain good security practices on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago I think that's a silly thing to say given that the arch wiki is the most comprehensive source of up to date technical Linux knowledge available to everybody. If you mean support for people on the distro itself, it does explicitly market itself to people who are already knowledgeable and willing to be their own support, so idk what you'd expect permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (2 replies) [–] imjustmsk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago lmao, but yea- lesson learned anyway 🥀 never will install random packages without properly checking it, Got too carried away by "yay -Essing everything :sob: permalink fedilink source parent [–] RobMyBot@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) I don't use arch btw (I'm a Fedora stan) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago samesies! fist bump permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Not my linux 😎 I actually do use arch btw, however there really isnt anything to freak out over because I barely even use the aur and am just not updating from the aur for the time being. Its really not a big deal. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (12 replies) [–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago* (26 children) Ironically people who "btw I use Arch" have been FREAKING OUT because their precious arch user repository got massively infected with infostealer malware, lol This was just this week permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 40 child comments replies: [–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 43 points 2 months ago (3 children) I use Bazzite btw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 15 points 2 months ago I agree. It’s the ideal choice for gaming, and until recently, I had never heard of it. I can’t imagine going back to Windows 11 unless I was held at gun point and even then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Sweet permalink fedilink source parent [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) What a gamers nexus normie! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Nexus is a good channel, but normies don't even know what linux is. Steve may be tech Jesus but he's no linux bro. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (1 child) precious arch user repository I think you vastly overestimate the importance of AUR. A lot of Arch users had to say something about the incident and many of them didn‘t even use it. It‘s definitely nothing essential. Also Arch users still don‘t give a fuck about Windows. This whole AUR debacle has little to do with what OP was actually getting at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children) Maybe so. I use cachy just for the record, so I'm not piling on with linux hate. I'm just enjoying the madness of it all. :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago FYI, CachyOS is Arch based. It has access to the AUR. If you weren't effected, that proves the point. The AUR is a repository of last resort. It's useful, but you should be careful. That's true even before this even. It's a repository made by users, and is not verified. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago CachyOS not only is Arch, it uses packages from AUR out of the box permalink fedilink source parent [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Crazy self own my guy permalink fedilink source parent [–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago Nobody is freaking out who isn't a moron. There are a handful of arch users who eat crayons... if the windows users in 2026 leave any I mean. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago I use arch (kinda), and has zero issues. It was a problem if you used unmaintained packages from arch, as adopting them and contaminating then was the attack vector. Using someone that's unmaintained is always kinda questionable, so instead I'd just manually install that instead (it shouldn't change if it isn't maintained anyway). permalink fedilink source parent [–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) This is why I love flatpak and sandboxing in general permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Flatpak ruules! permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago For those of us Arch btw users: https://gist.github.com/Kidev/85756c3dcad3623ca5604a8135bafd14 permalink fedilink source parent [–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago I had a mild panic then realised I've never used AUR so I'm fine permalink fedilink source parent [–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Mostly because they were doing the linux equivalent to downloading .exe's from limewire. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago I use Arch, btw. But no, I wouldn't blame my incompetence on my distro even if I were infected, which I wasn't. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago DAE BOF SIDES permalink fedilink source parent [–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (5 children) The Windows equivalent of this would basically be the discovery that a bunch of apps on the Microsoft Store were infected with malware. This really sucks for people that migrated to Linux without becoming Linux experts, and chose a friendly distro based on Arch that came with the AUR, like the often-recommended CachyOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 months ago (1 child) The packages on the AUR are all user created. It's not really comparable to the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) Is the Microsoft Store not full of apps not created by Microsoft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EpeeGnome@feddit.online 10 points 2 months ago (2 children) It's apps approved by Microsoft. They only made a small fraction of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments load more comments (2 replies) [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) AUR is not the official repository. Its more like downloading a virus from Mlcrosoft.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) The AUR is hosted on https://aur.archlinux.org/. Just like how Microsoft hosts the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's like saying that github is equivalent to the Microsoft store. Sure, they provide the space for the repository. It's controlled by users though, as the name implies. It isn't the official repository, like the Microsoft store is the official "repository" for Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] teft@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) The Windows equivalent of this would basically be the discovery that a bunch of apps on the Microsoft Store were infected with malware. You mean like this? https://www.howtogeek.com/788382/beware-of-malware-in-windows-apps-on-the-microsoft-store/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago If it was the actual apps and not just look-alikes, yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) There is a reason why the arch community had such a bad reputation when it came to newcomers, they were gate keeping good technical knowledge of the system. It had the side effect that most people became royal dicks on the forums and stopped being helpful, but it did have what I would consider the intended effect of people being wary of everything they did on their system. I find the easy arch distros to be fairly interesting since my recommendation has always been that anyone who wants to daily drive an arch distro should install arch through command line at least once and read about the packages they use. I personally run endeavor os, but I started by doing the leg work, which led me to the conclusion that I prefer flatpaks over aur if it is available because they are far more easier to maintain good security practices on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago I think that's a silly thing to say given that the arch wiki is the most comprehensive source of up to date technical Linux knowledge available to everybody. If you mean support for people on the distro itself, it does explicitly market itself to people who are already knowledgeable and willing to be their own support, so idk what you'd expect permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (2 replies) [–] imjustmsk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago lmao, but yea- lesson learned anyway 🥀 never will install random packages without properly checking it, Got too carried away by "yay -Essing everything :sob: permalink fedilink source parent [–] RobMyBot@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) I don't use arch btw (I'm a Fedora stan) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago samesies! fist bump permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Not my linux 😎 I actually do use arch btw, however there really isnt anything to freak out over because I barely even use the aur and am just not updating from the aur for the time being. Its really not a big deal. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (12 replies)
[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 43 points 2 months ago (3 children) I use Bazzite btw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 15 points 2 months ago I agree. It’s the ideal choice for gaming, and until recently, I had never heard of it. I can’t imagine going back to Windows 11 unless I was held at gun point and even then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Sweet permalink fedilink source parent [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) What a gamers nexus normie! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Nexus is a good channel, but normies don't even know what linux is. Steve may be tech Jesus but he's no linux bro. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 15 points 2 months ago I agree. It’s the ideal choice for gaming, and until recently, I had never heard of it. I can’t imagine going back to Windows 11 unless I was held at gun point and even then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) What a gamers nexus normie! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Nexus is a good channel, but normies don't even know what linux is. Steve may be tech Jesus but he's no linux bro. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Nexus is a good channel, but normies don't even know what linux is. Steve may be tech Jesus but he's no linux bro. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (1 child) precious arch user repository I think you vastly overestimate the importance of AUR. A lot of Arch users had to say something about the incident and many of them didn‘t even use it. It‘s definitely nothing essential. Also Arch users still don‘t give a fuck about Windows. This whole AUR debacle has little to do with what OP was actually getting at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children) Maybe so. I use cachy just for the record, so I'm not piling on with linux hate. I'm just enjoying the madness of it all. :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago FYI, CachyOS is Arch based. It has access to the AUR. If you weren't effected, that proves the point. The AUR is a repository of last resort. It's useful, but you should be careful. That's true even before this even. It's a repository made by users, and is not verified. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago CachyOS not only is Arch, it uses packages from AUR out of the box permalink fedilink source parent [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Crazy self own my guy permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children) Maybe so. I use cachy just for the record, so I'm not piling on with linux hate. I'm just enjoying the madness of it all. :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago FYI, CachyOS is Arch based. It has access to the AUR. If you weren't effected, that proves the point. The AUR is a repository of last resort. It's useful, but you should be careful. That's true even before this even. It's a repository made by users, and is not verified. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago CachyOS not only is Arch, it uses packages from AUR out of the box permalink fedilink source parent [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Crazy self own my guy permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago FYI, CachyOS is Arch based. It has access to the AUR. If you weren't effected, that proves the point. The AUR is a repository of last resort. It's useful, but you should be careful. That's true even before this even. It's a repository made by users, and is not verified. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago CachyOS not only is Arch, it uses packages from AUR out of the box permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Crazy self own my guy permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago Nobody is freaking out who isn't a moron. There are a handful of arch users who eat crayons... if the windows users in 2026 leave any I mean. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago I use arch (kinda), and has zero issues. It was a problem if you used unmaintained packages from arch, as adopting them and contaminating then was the attack vector. Using someone that's unmaintained is always kinda questionable, so instead I'd just manually install that instead (it shouldn't change if it isn't maintained anyway). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) This is why I love flatpak and sandboxing in general permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Flatpak ruules! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago For those of us Arch btw users: https://gist.github.com/Kidev/85756c3dcad3623ca5604a8135bafd14 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago I had a mild panic then realised I've never used AUR so I'm fine permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Mostly because they were doing the linux equivalent to downloading .exe's from limewire. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago I use Arch, btw. But no, I wouldn't blame my incompetence on my distro even if I were infected, which I wasn't. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (5 children) The Windows equivalent of this would basically be the discovery that a bunch of apps on the Microsoft Store were infected with malware. This really sucks for people that migrated to Linux without becoming Linux experts, and chose a friendly distro based on Arch that came with the AUR, like the often-recommended CachyOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 months ago (1 child) The packages on the AUR are all user created. It's not really comparable to the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) Is the Microsoft Store not full of apps not created by Microsoft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EpeeGnome@feddit.online 10 points 2 months ago (2 children) It's apps approved by Microsoft. They only made a small fraction of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments load more comments (2 replies) [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) AUR is not the official repository. Its more like downloading a virus from Mlcrosoft.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) The AUR is hosted on https://aur.archlinux.org/. Just like how Microsoft hosts the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's like saying that github is equivalent to the Microsoft store. Sure, they provide the space for the repository. It's controlled by users though, as the name implies. It isn't the official repository, like the Microsoft store is the official "repository" for Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] teft@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) The Windows equivalent of this would basically be the discovery that a bunch of apps on the Microsoft Store were infected with malware. You mean like this? https://www.howtogeek.com/788382/beware-of-malware-in-windows-apps-on-the-microsoft-store/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago If it was the actual apps and not just look-alikes, yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) There is a reason why the arch community had such a bad reputation when it came to newcomers, they were gate keeping good technical knowledge of the system. It had the side effect that most people became royal dicks on the forums and stopped being helpful, but it did have what I would consider the intended effect of people being wary of everything they did on their system. I find the easy arch distros to be fairly interesting since my recommendation has always been that anyone who wants to daily drive an arch distro should install arch through command line at least once and read about the packages they use. I personally run endeavor os, but I started by doing the leg work, which led me to the conclusion that I prefer flatpaks over aur if it is available because they are far more easier to maintain good security practices on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago I think that's a silly thing to say given that the arch wiki is the most comprehensive source of up to date technical Linux knowledge available to everybody. If you mean support for people on the distro itself, it does explicitly market itself to people who are already knowledgeable and willing to be their own support, so idk what you'd expect permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (2 replies)
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 months ago (1 child) The packages on the AUR are all user created. It's not really comparable to the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) Is the Microsoft Store not full of apps not created by Microsoft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EpeeGnome@feddit.online 10 points 2 months ago (2 children) It's apps approved by Microsoft. They only made a small fraction of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments load more comments (2 replies) [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) AUR is not the official repository. Its more like downloading a virus from Mlcrosoft.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) The AUR is hosted on https://aur.archlinux.org/. Just like how Microsoft hosts the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's like saying that github is equivalent to the Microsoft store. Sure, they provide the space for the repository. It's controlled by users though, as the name implies. It isn't the official repository, like the Microsoft store is the official "repository" for Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) Is the Microsoft Store not full of apps not created by Microsoft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EpeeGnome@feddit.online 10 points 2 months ago (2 children) It's apps approved by Microsoft. They only made a small fraction of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments load more comments (2 replies) [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) AUR is not the official repository. Its more like downloading a virus from Mlcrosoft.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) The AUR is hosted on https://aur.archlinux.org/. Just like how Microsoft hosts the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's like saying that github is equivalent to the Microsoft store. Sure, they provide the space for the repository. It's controlled by users though, as the name implies. It isn't the official repository, like the Microsoft store is the official "repository" for Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EpeeGnome@feddit.online 10 points 2 months ago (2 children) It's apps approved by Microsoft. They only made a small fraction of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments load more comments (2 replies)
[–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) AUR is not the official repository. Its more like downloading a virus from Mlcrosoft.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) The AUR is hosted on https://aur.archlinux.org/. Just like how Microsoft hosts the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's like saying that github is equivalent to the Microsoft store. Sure, they provide the space for the repository. It's controlled by users though, as the name implies. It isn't the official repository, like the Microsoft store is the official "repository" for Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XLE@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) The AUR is hosted on https://aur.archlinux.org/. Just like how Microsoft hosts the Microsoft Store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's like saying that github is equivalent to the Microsoft store. Sure, they provide the space for the repository. It's controlled by users though, as the name implies. It isn't the official repository, like the Microsoft store is the official "repository" for Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) That's like saying that github is equivalent to the Microsoft store. Sure, they provide the space for the repository. It's controlled by users though, as the name implies. It isn't the official repository, like the Microsoft store is the official "repository" for Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teft@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) The Windows equivalent of this would basically be the discovery that a bunch of apps on the Microsoft Store were infected with malware. You mean like this? https://www.howtogeek.com/788382/beware-of-malware-in-windows-apps-on-the-microsoft-store/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago If it was the actual apps and not just look-alikes, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago If it was the actual apps and not just look-alikes, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) There is a reason why the arch community had such a bad reputation when it came to newcomers, they were gate keeping good technical knowledge of the system. It had the side effect that most people became royal dicks on the forums and stopped being helpful, but it did have what I would consider the intended effect of people being wary of everything they did on their system. I find the easy arch distros to be fairly interesting since my recommendation has always been that anyone who wants to daily drive an arch distro should install arch through command line at least once and read about the packages they use. I personally run endeavor os, but I started by doing the leg work, which led me to the conclusion that I prefer flatpaks over aur if it is available because they are far more easier to maintain good security practices on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago I think that's a silly thing to say given that the arch wiki is the most comprehensive source of up to date technical Linux knowledge available to everybody. If you mean support for people on the distro itself, it does explicitly market itself to people who are already knowledgeable and willing to be their own support, so idk what you'd expect permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago I think that's a silly thing to say given that the arch wiki is the most comprehensive source of up to date technical Linux knowledge available to everybody. If you mean support for people on the distro itself, it does explicitly market itself to people who are already knowledgeable and willing to be their own support, so idk what you'd expect permalink fedilink source parent
[–] imjustmsk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago lmao, but yea- lesson learned anyway 🥀 never will install random packages without properly checking it, Got too carried away by "yay -Essing everything :sob: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RobMyBot@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) I don't use arch btw (I'm a Fedora stan) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago samesies! fist bump permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Not my linux 😎 I actually do use arch btw, however there really isnt anything to freak out over because I barely even use the aur and am just not updating from the aur for the time being. Its really not a big deal. permalink fedilink source parent
