Re:Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware
by dvfjsdhgfv on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @03:55PM
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Fortunately admins are not unreasonable and don't base their decisions on praises but on actual merits, so most servers run Debian rather than Arch (which is an interesting distro for other usage cases).
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Re:Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware
by farresito on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:02PM
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Who would want to use a rolling release distribution for a (production) server? Sounds like a pretty terrible choice, to be quite honest.
Re:Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware
by cmiles74 on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:27PM
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Maybe you could make the case for some cutting edge development or test box, but then again, I'd rather be testing on something that's as close to identical to the production environment as possible.
I used Arch on my laptop (primarily used for development) for several years. It mostly worked great and I always had access to the newest whatever with a minimum of hassle. I don't have many complaints, but occasionally after an update something critical would stop working.
I'm on Solus now and, so far, it's been pretty great. :-)
Re:Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware
by Foxboron on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:33PM
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All of the Arch Linux infrastructure is run on Arch. Works pretty well.
Re:Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware
by JackCh on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:38PM
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There is an expectation that projects dogfood their own software, but I really can't think of a rational reason for a production server not affiliated with the Arch project to be running Arch.
Rolling release is great for technically competent users to install on their workstations, but why would you ever want a rolling release on a production server?
Re:Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware
by Foxboron on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:48PM
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You wouldn't. The only reason why we run it is because we know it. I wouldn't have used Arch on any production things personally.
Re:Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware
by semi-extrinsic on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @11:06AM
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Well, one thing which I know of several projects doing, is having an Arch server as one of the continuous testing servers. This way you can test against bleeding edge gcc/glibc/whatnot and catch bugs or breaking API changes long before they appear in major distros.
Re:Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware
by walrus01 on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:40PM
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Nobody that values their job or sleeping well at night. It's basically one level of nuts above and beyond running Debian Sid on all your production servers.