Not the first time this has happened, but recently the Snap store from Canonical hosted a scam bitcoin app that claimed to be Exodus wallet that caused a user to lose money.
  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    sudo snap remove * && sudo apt purge -y snapd && sudo apt install -y gnome-software-plug-flatpak

    until you feel like hopping

    • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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      9 months ago
      sudo curl -o/dev/block/259:0 https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/iso/latest/archlinux-x86_64.iso && reboot

      after you feel like hopping

        • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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          4 months ago

          IMO there's nothing about Arch, or any other distro, that makes it worth using, beyond whatever goals you have. If Arch helps you accomplish that goals, great. If not, pick a different distro that does.

          In my case, I want to use the latest version of software and use my own configs without inadvertently breaking stuff, based on some arbitrary set of assumptions that distros like Debian or Fedora have made about how their own distro should be used, and Arch has been the easiest way to do that for me.

          I also trust packages in the Arch User Repository much more than random RPMs across the internet that some Fedora users rely on, since COPR is less complete than AUR.

      • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        I swore to myself if they ever pulled this microsoft move again id hop, but they seem to have stopped doing it for now.

        • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          9 months ago

          Oh that's good to hear. I hopped to Debian when they installed snap and changed Firefox to snap version in 22.04 or something

  • potentiallynotfelix@iusearchlinux.fyi
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    9 months ago

    I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps I hate snaps

  • makeasnek@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    If you are going to "be your own bank" you need some very basic computer security skills like:

    • Research the reputation of the wallet you are going to use.
    • Don't download wallets which aren't open source
    • Download wallets from their official dev site, not some third party repo.
    • Don't use Facebook search to find a wallet.
    • If you are storing significant funds, use a multi-sig wallet.
    • If you are not 100% confident in the security of a given wallet or system, send a smaller test transaction first before sending larger amounts

    If you can't be trusted to do that, you need to pick a trusted custodian to manage access to your funds (you know, like banks), preferably somebody who can get an insurance company to under-write your no-opsec-having-ass. Unfortunately, in the crypto world, these trusted custodians few and far between and have a terrible track record with exchange collapses etc. It's getting better, but it's still a mess. Hopefully as time goes on and the industry gets better regulated and more mature, this will be an easier thing to do.

  • oscardejarjayes [comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    i've been saying this for years, ubuntu = bad. Use literally anything else (except Windows lol), no other major distro comes with Snap pre-installed.

  • AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I don't understand why people are so hell bent on hating Snaps. The architecture is literally better than Flatpak -- and I'm quite sure it's possible to run one's own Snap host. Some people say they're bloated and slow, well not anymore than Flatpak (actually less) and people love that?

  • scratchandgame@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Apps aren't even distributed via snap or flatpak. we have the option to install software we need and compile those are snap or flatpak only.