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Honestly, it’s one of the things that makes me nervous about running Linux on all of my computers. At least with Windows (and probably OSX), my updates come fro
by christophilus 6y ago
Honestly, it’s one of the things that makes me nervous about running Linux on all of my computers. At least with Windows (and probably OSX), my updates come from a single vendor who has strict internal code audits and security requirements. With Linux (I’m using Pop), my updates come from a package manager with a crapload of packages, each maintained by a different team / group with no central policy. There’s no way the small team at Pop can review and audit all of the things in the apt package system, and there have to be plenty of maintainers of popular packages who get sweet offers to sell out.
Anyway. I’m sticking with Pop / Linux. But it does make me nervous!
- jonny_eh 6y agoFor Linux, it's about choosing a distro you can trust. Most manage their own repos, some more carefully than others.
- danhor 6y agoAt least with windows, the drivers aren't checked that much and accordingly, have had some serious issues. I'd guess distros are generally better off in that respect, but kernel space & user space aren't that different nowadays, when caring about your own security