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Anyone infected is at their own fault. Literally every single ressource and official statement is "read the diff of what you execute", which would prevent 100% of the attacks.
I'd rather not get cut off from my regular updates for some idiots who can't read or think rules don't apply to them. And yes, people who don't understand the PKGBUILD format shouldn't use the AUR on their own.
Peak Linux nerd shit.
People just want their updates to work and you're out here screeching that users are holding it wrong and to read a bunch of diffs ๐คฃ
There are plenty of other distros users can choose from, if they don't want to deal with that. But picking one that is designed for advanced "nerdy" users and then ignoring those explicit warnings is just pure negligence.
Well then stop recommending Arch or CatchyOS to every new user that comes in here looking for a gaming Linux distro ffs.
Well, I dont. I'm fully aware of the footguns Arch based distros contain. I generally recommend Mint for Linux beginners. If the person is tech savvy and needs something for their gaming rig, then I might mention Bazzite.