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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Oh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam apps (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You're literally replying under a submission that's about unreviewed malware that got accepted in their repo.

[–] dandroid 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Those are snaps. I don't use those on my server. AFAIK, they're mostly used for GUI applications. I don't even have a GUI on my server. I wouldn't even know how to install or run a snap from command line.

Most things that run in my server are containerized services that I wrote personally. So as long as there isn't a vulnerability in podman or my reverse proxy, and as long as keep my base containers up to date (they pull the latest base image each time the image is built), I'm mostly fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I want to make something clear before I start: the person to whom you are replying is being quite toxic in this thread and I'm sorry you had to interact with them. (They're also saying a bunch of incorrect stuff.)

That said - I personally have more non-GUI snaps installed than GUI ones. Including in my homelab, where having the latest htop is very convenient and where I've got several actual server apps installed as snaps (postgres and plex being the first two that come to mind).

[–] dandroid 1 points 7 months ago

That's good to know, and I had a feeling I was wrong about that.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Those are snaps. I don’t use those on my server.

Just because you don't use them doesn't invalidate the earlier statement.

[–] dandroid 2 points 7 months ago

And that's totally fine, but it doesn't invalidate my claim that I don't really care, because it doesn't affect me. 🤷