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ghthor on April 24, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Disabling Snaps in Ubuntu 20.04

The AUR is so transparent. If I want to see how the AUR package is getting built, ez, read the PKGBUILD linked right from the packages page. I was immediately turned off to using Snap because I couldn't find how the Snap was built and really who built it. No Thanks, that's not how I install software on my personal computer anymore, it's one of the main reasons I exited windows as soon as I started to learn about infosec and trust.

Kaze404 on April 25, 2020 [–]

Not only that but modifying the pkgbuild for yourself is trivial. Very convenient for installing patched kernels.

readwind on April 25, 2020 | [–]

Yep I upvoted the whole tree. Agree(d). ++

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