Bryce WrayJun 14

Have been playing with CachyOS for some months but the AUR’s recent spate of troubles scared me back to Fedora. Too bad; I did enjoy CachyOS. But “better safe than...”

#Linux #Fedora #CachyOS #Arch #AUR #malware

Show threadDroppie
@BryceWrayTX with respect, your "logic" here entirely escapes me, coz:
1. in ​​ you have no AUR [ofc!]
2. in ​​ & all its clones, the official repos remain completely safe & unaffected
3. in ​​ & all its clones, the use of the AUR is entirely voluntary by the user, not in any way needed for one's system to otherwise work, ergo...
4. in ​​ & all its clones, a cautious decision by the user to NOT use the AUR, then places them in an equivalent situation as #1

ipso facto, there was actually nothing stopping you retaining your CachyOS just fine, & simply never using the AUR

#fedora #arch #archlinux #AUR #CachyOS #malware #linuxwomen #dropbearpooterising
Jun 14 at 11:27pmWeb
Show threadBryce WrayJun 15

@MsDropbear42 My understanding is that the CachyOS default install actually includes access to the AUR in a way that vanilla Arch and most other Arch-based distros do not; for example, see how the included Shelley software-store app works. Also, I considered other factors (such as certain apps’ lack of availability through native repos in Arch as opposed to their availability in Fedora and certain other distros) which I chose not to mention for brevity’s sake.

All that said, I’m just one old guy who prefers not to worry about AUR attacks, and I doubt seriously CachyOS will miss me. It will continue to be one of the most interesting and most frequently recommended distros.

Show threadDroppieJun 15
@BryceWrayTX fair enough then, & most of all... happy penguining! 😆