▲ 274 ▼ Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages (www.phoronix.com) submitted 4 months ago by rafssunny@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago (5 children) "I use arch btw" lmao permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 18 points 4 months ago (2 children) Arch and AUR are not really the same. To be fair AUR is the fanfiction version that fits inside the story. But you have to purposely work to use it. So it's not Arch that was compromised. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social -2 points 4 months ago (1 child) IsIs it really all that difficult to use these popular coding and browsing tools such as Heroic Launcher, Visual Studio Code and Brave within Arch Linuxes like CachyOS? Last time I touched an Archy Linux, I don't recall it being difficult for some of the things on that list. And it still comes from a central store of apps reminiscent of the Microsoft Store for example... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago To use the AUR, you have to install a AUR Helper https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_helpers They are not just "click and go". They require a dedicated effort. AND when you're done, using them requires a specific command. So in short, it's not pacman and it's not Arch, the AUR is a special choice permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) I use AUR BTW! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 1 point 4 months ago lmao permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 18 points 4 months ago (2 children) Arch and AUR are not really the same. To be fair AUR is the fanfiction version that fits inside the story. But you have to purposely work to use it. So it's not Arch that was compromised. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social -2 points 4 months ago (1 child) IsIs it really all that difficult to use these popular coding and browsing tools such as Heroic Launcher, Visual Studio Code and Brave within Arch Linuxes like CachyOS? Last time I touched an Archy Linux, I don't recall it being difficult for some of the things on that list. And it still comes from a central store of apps reminiscent of the Microsoft Store for example... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago To use the AUR, you have to install a AUR Helper https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_helpers They are not just "click and go". They require a dedicated effort. AND when you're done, using them requires a specific command. So in short, it's not pacman and it's not Arch, the AUR is a special choice permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XLE@piefed.social -2 points 4 months ago (1 child) IsIs it really all that difficult to use these popular coding and browsing tools such as Heroic Launcher, Visual Studio Code and Brave within Arch Linuxes like CachyOS? Last time I touched an Archy Linux, I don't recall it being difficult for some of the things on that list. And it still comes from a central store of apps reminiscent of the Microsoft Store for example... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago To use the AUR, you have to install a AUR Helper https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_helpers They are not just "click and go". They require a dedicated effort. AND when you're done, using them requires a specific command. So in short, it's not pacman and it's not Arch, the AUR is a special choice permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago To use the AUR, you have to install a AUR Helper https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_helpers They are not just "click and go". They require a dedicated effort. AND when you're done, using them requires a specific command. So in short, it's not pacman and it's not Arch, the AUR is a special choice permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) I use AUR BTW! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 1 point 4 months ago lmao permalink fedilink source parent