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   Message 106,904 of 107,822   
   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   
      
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