If readers recall, earlier this year in mid-March, Microsoft stopped automatically installing its Microsoft 365 Copilot App on Windows 11 by default. Instead, the company decided to leave this option to users, which makes sense considering it is their operating system. However, Microsoft is now reve...
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.
I’ve always been tempted
After the AUR debacle, I’m considering it.
Try it, you start by installing it from chroot, so there’s nothing to lose.
It’s very good, though I don’t use a full DE, so my compile times may not be representative.
Just don’t download anything stupid from AUR. Verify your getting the correct, supported packages, and you should be fine.
Compile your malware from source, like a real engineer!
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.