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AUR, the Arch User Repository is under an attack. The attack vector is any orphaned package that doesn’t have a current maintainer. Those packages are being taken over by a malicious group. https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/archlinux/comments/1u3tn4e/tons_of_new_infected_aur_packages_were_just/ If a package maintainer quits/leaves/abandons a project, anybody can take control of the package if there’s been no maintainer for a certain period of time. What we’re learning now is that this process could be automated and done en masse. They’re modifying PKGBUILD files to use a java script installer like npm, bun, yarn, nodejs to shove malware onto a system. So if you have a package that’s marked as infected and you’ve updated your PC using an AUR helper like yay or paru during this time without checking the PKGBUILD you could be in trouble.

What users are advised to do is not update any AUR packages until otherwise noted. Scan your systems for any packages where the PKGBUILD reports installing an atomic-lockfile, js-digest file through npm, bun, nodejs, yarn and the like. Delete those packages.

The number of infected packages has gone from 400 to 600 to 1500 in a matter of hours last night. The AUR team has been on top of it almost the moment it got recognized. The AUR has well over 100,000 packages. Last night another user ran some numbers and at the time 718 infected packages had no users at all. The most popular package is an old Gnome dependency libgdata that was dropped years ago but could still be on systems. There’s a lot of old packages using ancient python2 deps that look to be infected as well. https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/archlinux/comments/1u4fzea/according_to_pkgstats_these_are_the_most_popular/ list of infected packages https://md.archlinux.org/s/SxbqukK6IA Seems like this was caught because old maintainers started getting emails about package updates to old projects they were on. Those OGs sprung into action.

So we’re getting robbed?

Because that’s PA.

I can fucking down a whole pint of Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Money or/and Peanut Butter Cup everyday.

Chicken Wing platter from Hing Wah. Chicken A-La-Tony from Luigis. Cheesesteak from Dalessandros. My Mom’s chicken and dumplings. A piece of carrot cake. A bottle of Kraken and orange soda.

I wish I could recommend this game. It clicks all my boxes for this type of simulation. Problem is it runs like dog shit on my PC. Without fail on both native and proton versions it will drop frames after about 20 minutes of game play. Doesn’t matter if it’s a new map or a big city. The game is super smooth then out of nowhere the frame rate tanks to a stuttery mess. I’ve looked around for a solution and it seems like there is a fix for the problem but it doesn’t ever work on my machine. Something tells me that writing the game in Java means the memory management side of the code goes fucking bonkers after 20 minutes. I’ve tried the discord and Steam forums but nothing ever gets resolved.

Then there’s an even more extreme bug where if the game doesn’t like my Wayland compositor it hard locks my PC on startup. It’s so frustrating. It’s a great game but it’s technically flawed.

AM/FM and the Aux chord in the back of the class clowning around…

Like 2007 to 2013 was like the peak oversaturation. They just kept coming in that period.

Out of that list XCOM or HOI4. If I may add a suggestion, the original Subnautica is on sale for $7.49USD right now. One of the best video games I’ve ever played. I’m not a horror fan but the game was so good I could deal with it. Eventually you get used to the horror aspect and it gets easier to play. For me there was a flip where everything went from super scary to this is my home. Then you’re running by the scary elements making jokes and cussing them out like friendly neighborhood rival. That was just the story portion of the game. I didn’t fully explore the creative side of it. Still the fastest and best 75 hours I’ve ever spent on a video game.

Jurassic Park

Yeah no problem. I think I know where the disagreement is stemming from. I may be wrong so you can correct me, but you look at the Steam Deck as a handheld PC competing with other PCs. I look at the Steam Deck as a handheld PC competing with other handhelds in general. That’s the disagreement. It’s a fine line because neither one is really right or wrong. We fall on the opposite sides. I have a PC that is much more powerful than the Steam Deck. That didn’t make the Steam Deck obsolete to me. I wasn’t looking at the Steam Deck as a PC replacement.

My last paragraph and your actions with your friend prove my point. If they weren’t comparable you wouldn’t bring them up together. I do agree with you that software sells the system. That’s why I bought a Switch to begin with.

Ahh ok. I’m on AMD. It’s an older card, the 5700xt. It crashes at the sight of FSR for pretty much everything. Probably time to upgrade.

I’m on Linux too. AMD or Nvidia?

That and surprisingly Breath of the Wild always crashes my PC after a while. I don’t know what is causing the crash other than possibly a spike in memory that freaks the GPU out. Luckily Unicorn Overlord doesn’t do that and that game looks a million times better on my PC. It upscales really nice.

I get what you’re trying to say but I really disagree. You can compare the two because they’re offering the same basic premise. The ability to play video games in a handheld form. Of course the price is different. Of course the capabilities are different. Of course the power of the two machines are different. That’s a given. They’re two different pieces of technology. We compare technology based off of what they’re offering. These two machines are offering the same thing. The ability to play video games in a handheld form. In what world is anything that’s offering the same thing as another thing not up for comparison?

For me the Steam Deck made the Switch a redundant device. You can compare them apples to apples. Store experience? Steam Deck wipes the floor with the Switch. We all know the Switch has a horrible store experience. Online capabilities? Steam Deck. Don’t have to pay $20 a year to use online capabilities with my Deck. Form factor? Steam Deck is a big bulky machine but it’s more ergonomically better suited for me because I’m not as scrunched up like I was holding the Switch lite. OG Switch may have a better experience there. Games they offer? The only thing a Switch offers that separates the two in favor of the Switch is the ability to play Nintendo games natively without jumping through hoops.

You can say the Switch is a console and the Steam Deck is a PC all you want. That’s factually true. You can even compare that. They’re both computers with a processor, a fan, some form of gpu. One offers a closed off user experience bound to the rules and end user license agreement of a single company. The other is an open full blown PC experience where the makers of the machine say do whatever you want to it. Because you can do whatever you want to a Steam Deck you may run into problems with it that you wouldn’t otherwise experience on a console. That’s a fine and fair comparison.

To say they aren’t comparable is shielding the Switch from criticism. It’s doing a disservice to anybody who is looking for a handheld device to play video games because you’re hiding information from a perspective buyer who may have a certain set of requirements pertaining to purchasing such a device.

Yeah my PC is part of the reason the Switch was so disappointing too. I really wanted a handheld so I didn’t have to sit at my desk. Turns out I sat at my PC way more than I ever turned on the Switch. Outside of the exclusives it was a really redundant system.

This is my answer too. As soon as I read the question it just hit me. I only had a lite. Never the big one. The thing was fragile. It always felt like I was gonna break it even just holding it in my hands. I babied the fuck out of that system. I really enjoyed the games I had for it. I played it quite a bit. It’s just that the system itself was kinda jank. The lifeless interface, the slow store, the slow games that pushed the hardware too far. Just bleh. Then Steam Deck came out and it blew it out of the water in every way possible.

If it was just going to a casino and playing a few games I wouldn’t mind it. The fact that it has infected sports and video games like the plague is what’s really killing it for me. Sports is particularly horrible. You got dudes out there who think just because it’s a $5 bet here and a $2 parlay there and they hit for $200 once 3 years ago means they’re always on top. Then it takes away from the actual game watching experience. Bro comes in all miserable because they lost out on $100 by 1 pt or some shit, but their team won by 21pts. Just vibe killer. Go away. Then you got Mom involved in it who’s irresponsible with her money to begin with. Complaining how her bills are past due, then dropping money on prop bets she never wins. I see this everywhere and it’s fucking disgusting.

The people who create this stuff are just preying off poor dumb asses with no brains or impulse control.

Video games(NOT ALL, YOU KNOW THE TYPE) is programming our kids to feed into that from day 1. It used to be illegal and taboo. I’m not talking 50 years ago, I’m talking like 5-10. It was never this out in the open. People operated with integrity when it came to gambling. The addiction side of it was taken seriously. All that was thrown out the window. Now you got zombies sitting in smoke shops gambling away their meager savings then bumming cigs off everybody who passes by. This part of culture really fucking sucks.

I bought a Lily58 DIY kit a couple years ago. I don’t think I could ever go back to using a full keyboard. It’s just so comfortable. My shoulders aren’t tense anymore. My hands aren’t bent out anymore. I’m not scrunched up like a ball when I type. Then switching layouts to Colemak-DH was another plus. The two things combined really helped my body relax in front of a PC.

They’re one of my favorite bands. Their whole discography is good but LPWP took everything they’ve done before and stepped it up a lot. If you was to ask me what their best album was before LPWP I would say New Bermuda. Now without hesitation its Lonely People With Power.