There are oodles of neat and singular programs on github and similar. Curious what steps people take to vet for malware before downloading and trying stuff, especially if you’re not very familiar with the coding language it’s written in.

  • daggermoon@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    In the case of the AUR, I just read the build scripts. Make sure it isn’t deleting my home directory or curling in some shady shit.