• ranzispa@mander.xyz
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    4 months ago

    I had that happen many times, but that was on arch. On other distributions getting updates which break the system is quite rare in my experience.

    How does an immutable distribution make the system immune to virus? I’d imagine flatpak can have upstream attacks as well as opening stuff in vulnerable software. You still have access to all your personal files, which is likely what the malware will go after.

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        4 months ago

        “Today I played this awesome hacker game called “terminal” and when I put in the “lbu commit” cheat code, I unlocked an ass-beating!”

        “Dad says we can’t play at your house anymore, Jake.”

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        4 months ago

        I guess a virus can, and often does, live in plain data. Moreover, can you not have scripts and executables in your personal directory? Can you not schedule a cronjob or a systemd service?