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|    J.O. Aho to Adrian Caspersz    |
|    Re: What do you make of this reported Li    |
|    04 Mar 25 22:51:33    |
      From: user@example.net              On 04/03/2025 19.29, Adrian Caspersz wrote:       > On 28/02/2025 17:00, J.O. Aho wrote:       >>       >> As Carlos and John has already pointed out, you need to execute a       >> binary (or script) and it's self inflicted, don't install anything you       >> can't install from your distros repository unless you really know what       >> you are doing.       >>       >       > So many users are tempted to install software, using the wget workflow       > that directly pipes script hosted on website into a command prompt.       >       > It is so risky....              yes, it's risky, I do always use a distribution that has a good       ecosystem, so you don't have to run some script to install stuff, but       just use the standard package manager using the default repositories.              --        //Aho              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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