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[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 21 points 7 hours ago (3 children)
[–] mastertigurius@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

That's what the average Gentoo user looks like after staying inside for two months installing, setting up and troubleshooting their system. Had it once, maybe a bit over 20 years ago. I respect those who love it, but it wasn't for me.

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

After the AUR debacle, I'm considering it.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Just don't download anything stupid from AUR. Verify your getting the correct, supported packages, and you should be fine.

[–] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Compile your malware from source, like a real engineer!

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I think I escaped it because I use Garuda. They have their own copy called Chaotic-Aur where they prebuild and scan stuff. Between that layer, and me being slow to update, according to the scan, I avoided it. The packages that were infected that I had installed were older copies from before the infection.

[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

I've always been tempted