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Re:Do, or do not. There is no try by fbdab103 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @08:11PM (#36463930)
>...but it does remove any fear of installing software overwriting files you wanted, including OS level (and kernel) upgrades.

I guess that is nice to know my Python installation cannot be deleted by malware, but I am more concerned about a process stealing my .ssh keys.

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Re:Do, or do not. There is no try by arjvik on Sunday June 25, 2023 @12:21AM (#36465114)
Honestly, exactly recreating my byzantine python installation(s) would probably be impossible [0]

(In all seriousness, after switching to Arch I've actually solved this problem by simply installing python packages I need from the AUR)

[0]: https://xkcd.com/1987/

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