minus-squareVerat@sh.itjust.workstolinuxmemes@lemmy.world•I respect people who don't like snaps, but Canonical will not abandon a successful projectlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoMainly the snap client doesnt let you configure a secondary source, and ubuntu’s repo doesn’t have a good track record of not providing malware. https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/malware-in-the-ubuntu-snap-store-again/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ubuntu-command-not-found-tool-can-be-abused-to-spread-malware/ https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/malware-found-in-ubuntu-snap-store.html linkfedilink
Mainly the snap client doesnt let you configure a secondary source, and ubuntu’s repo doesn’t have a good track record of not providing malware.
https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/malware-in-the-ubuntu-snap-store-again/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ubuntu-command-not-found-tool-can-be-abused-to-spread-malware/
https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/malware-found-in-ubuntu-snap-store.html