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Plus: compiling from source does not mean the code is ad/spyware free.

• jacquesm 11y ago
  Ok, assuming that it does not, how many instances in the wild have there been of ad/spyware distributed as source to be compiled on the target machine?
  • madeofpalk 11y ago
    I would imagine that in a world where my mum is compiling from the 'source', the 'source' that she's compiling would be infected in the same way as Download.com is.
    • petetnt 11y ago
      "Mom I have told you thousands of times! Configure, make and make install, not configure and make install!"
  • lmm 11y ago
    Ubuntu shipped a spyware package with a few releases. I assume they had a source release with the same package configuration, in which case they were doing exactly that.
    • kedean 11y ago
      Are you referring to the amazon search debacle? Because that does not fall into the same realm, it was very clear that it included this feature from the moment you start it up. It wasn't hidden at all.
      • lmm 11y ago
        That one yes. Many people including the FSF described it as "spyware".
  • anon1385 11y ago
    If source distribution was the main way of getting software onto the computers of less technical users then it would be rife.