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Re:KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store fo... by goodpoint on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:20AM (#34922647)
> if you sweep the problems of software management under a big enough rug, they go away and never bother you again.

...until attackers find a vulnerability in some library, then you are really in trouble.

Just like docker, the bundling of tons of software into opaque blobs is terrible for security.

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Re:KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store fo... by bandrami on Friday February 24, 2023 @06:59AM (#34923621)
Yeah I didn't realize people would take the joke there seriously. It's basically looking at package management and saying "this is hard so we won't try".
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Re:KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store fo... by goodpoint on Friday February 24, 2023 @10:10AM (#34925203)
FWIW personally I detected your sarcasm but I replied knowing that the security risk would fly over people's heads here.
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