Tux@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-224 hours agoWindows VS Linux (part 2)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1694arrow-down181
arrow-up1613arrow-down1imageWindows VS Linux (part 2)lemmy.worldTux@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-224 hours agomessage-square188fedilink
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 hours agoAh yes, downloading builds from unvetted third parties and running their installers as root. Truly the Linux way.
minus-squarelseif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 hours agoand this is different to windows how …? u do realize that u can (and should) read the PGKBUILD file? and check the git url which it’s cloning. or check the sha if its a binary package.
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoMost windows stuff can be installed as non-admin these days.
Ah yes, downloading builds from unvetted third parties and running their installers as root. Truly the Linux way.
NixOS builds are all vetted
and this is different to windows how …?
u do realize that u can (and should) read the
PGKBUILDfile? and check the git url which it’s cloning. or check the sha if its a binary package.Most windows stuff can be installed as non-admin these days.