Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.social to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 days ago5 reasons you should ditch Windows for Linux todaywww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1444
arrow-up1444external-link5 reasons you should ditch Windows for Linux todaywww.zdnet.comSunshine (she/her)@piefed.social to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square147fedilink
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 hours ago Linux users tend not to download random software off of sketchy websites; it’s all installed and kept up to date via the package manager. No experienced/power users do that. Those are who just so happen to install Linux. If you want Linux for everyone then you will get the users who will install anything, and you need a way to keep them reasonably safe.
minus-squareBunScientist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoUntil you have random people install manjaro, enable aur in their package manager and install any package that’s effectively a random github repo Yes, this is user error, but it amazes me how many people claim the AUR is better than sliced bread
No experienced/power users do that. Those are who just so happen to install Linux.
If you want Linux for everyone then you will get the users who will install anything, and you need a way to keep them reasonably safe.
Until you have random people install manjaro, enable aur in their package manager and install any package that’s effectively a random github repo
Yes, this is user error, but it amazes me how many people claim the AUR is better than sliced bread