Tux@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoWindows VS Linux (part 2)lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square238fedilinkarrow-up1812arrow-down197
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minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·1 day agoWhat sketchy executables are you downloading? What makes downloading steam from valve more sketchy than allowing a Linux repo to run arbitrary code as root on your machine for every single one of thousands of pieces of software maintained by strangers?
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·16 hours agoI remember going to source forge to download MPC-BE Later found out that they were adding adware to executables
What sketchy executables are you downloading?
What makes downloading steam from valve more sketchy than allowing a Linux repo to run arbitrary code as root on your machine for every single one of thousands of pieces of software maintained by strangers?
I remember going to source forge to download MPC-BE
Later found out that they were adding adware to executables