Comments on OceanLinux: Malware Found In The Ubuntu Snap Store

Ads I see it. I have two gaming consoles to play g...

2018-06-12T06:41:02.700+01:00

Ads I see it. I have two gaming consoles to play games on...so I don't see a need to have games on my laptops / PC's. That being said, I also don't just install something because it got a mention on a tech-site. Since I'm trying to learn programming, my machines are designed for that purpose, I also listen to music that I stream through Banshee or RhythmBox but no silly apps that help me track the time I spend on the PC, (uhh...hello?...that's what the TIME in the system tray is for?...) and no dumb apps that will stream news feeds on my desktop...no widgets of unknown origin...nothing. I moved away from Windows to PREVENT getting "infected" with something I didn't want (I believe Windows calls them PUP's?...P-otentially U-nwanted P-rograms) and even though I don't mind installing SOME apps that don't come with a plain vanilla install? I'm not bogging down my PC's with stuff I won't need to use ever. So in hindsight I guess if you're just a bit more selective in what you install, and WHERE you install it from?...you should be ok. As for Ubuntu?...well this is why I use Fedora....OpenSuSE....CEntOS and Scientific Linux!

Snaps ship with system libraries, so all packages ...

2018-05-14T10:31:55.141+01:00

Snaps ship with system libraries, so all packages are quite large. The GIMP 2.10 snap for example has 213 MB: https://snapcraft.io/gimp

seriously, no one finds stange that a 2048 game co...

2018-05-14T07:37:11.445+01:00

seriously, no one finds stange that a 2048 game could be 138.8 MB ? that's a Huge red flag no ?

sudo apt purge snapd is in my config for ubuntu

2018-05-14T03:13:58.009+01:00

sudo apt purge snapd

is in my config for ubuntu

Having said that, if you would like change in the ...

2018-05-13T15:02:33.868+01:00

Having said that, if you would like change in the Ubuntu store then try creating a topic on https://community.ubuntu.com/ and for the snap store try creating a topic on https://forum.snapcraft.io/c/store . Nothing will change if you just complain on comments sections, however people may respond to what you think if you post on those forums, do give reasons why you think that there should be no non-free software on those stores, however.

That won't happen given Ubuntu already allows ...

2018-05-13T14:58:45.624+01:00

That won't happen given Ubuntu already allows nonfree repositories to be used (even without snappy). I think you're best off just using a GNU-endorsed GNU/Linux distribution like Trisquel or gNewSense.

There is no reason to assume that, they remain hea...

2018-05-13T13:56:14.846+01:00

There is no reason to assume that, they remain heavily peer reviewed so extremely unlikely to contain anything like that.

There should be no non-free software in the ubuntu...

2018-05-13T13:48:10.103+01:00

There should be no non-free software in the ubuntu store. Period.

Does this mean that malware can be found in Ubuntu...

2018-05-13T11:46:38.757+01:00

Does this mean that malware can be found in Ubuntu repositories too?

The game itself (its source) wasn't the culpri...

2018-05-13T10:14:49.583+01:00

The game itself (its source) wasn't the culprit, but the snap package available on the Ubuntu Snaps Store.

this is why the AUR on Arch is a separate entity f...

2018-05-13T07:12:19.760+01:00

this is why the AUR on Arch is a separate entity from the regular repos and even custom repos. The AUR has stuff from anyone but it's clear to everyone what the risks associated with it are and so people use it (hopefully) with caution.

I have the same 2048 game on one of my android pho...

2018-05-13T05:25:25.504+01:00

I have the same 2048 game on one of my android phones as a game build with kivy python. Now i see why the battery was draining so fast

I'm not totally against letting anyone upload ...

2018-05-13T05:04:50.576+01:00

I'm not totally against letting anyone upload to the Ubuntu Store but it should ALL have source code available.

Conical doesn't care, they just like to brag a...

2018-05-13T00:10:42.023+01:00

Conical doesn't care, they just like to brag about how many apps they have.