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Linux middle ground? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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so a common claim I see made is that arch is up to date than Debian but harder to maintain and easier to break. Is there a good sort of middle ground distro between the reliability of Debian and the up-to-date packages of arch?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

However, manjaro places the button to enable it right next to enabling snaps and flatpaks. Both of which are perfectly safe to install if not safer than average packages.

The snap store has already been used to distribute malware, one guy lost a lot of money in crypto, and I'm sure it wasn't an isolated incident. I think it would be naive to think flathub isn't being targeted in the same way. Same advice as the aur, be cautious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, but that wasn't malicious code hacking your device just a simple phishing scheme. The aur runs arbitrary code each time which can do quite alot more on your system than any snap. That snap was just a fake app that sent your login to their server.

The aur is much more dangerous. Of course, when installing anything from anywhere be careful, but with the aur you need to be able to read the pkgbuild.

Thank you though for cautioning the snap store as you're right. Those apps aren't confirmed before they're placed on the store

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It was still malicious code. A different attack for sure, but no less devastating for the victims.