Readit Newsalekq commented on Gnome betrayed the entire FOSS movement by using Adobe software nixsanctuary.com/how-gnom... · Posted by u/kabarum
This might be too harsh... Do not think it is betrayal, but it is idiotic and can understand someones frustration with it. On par with FreeBSD developers using MacOS to develop their OS.
alekq commented on Deals with the devil aren't what they used to be newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/pepys
alekq commented on An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell github.com/home-sweet-gno... · Posted by u/danny00
This needing to be a third party extension (which if we're being honest, will probably be broken / abandoned eventually) seems like a damning indictment of Gnome.
People easily install these without being concerned about security or privacy. I am actually more curios if these are audited at all or the risk is solely on users?
I use GNOME only in throwaway VM, but even there - only the extensions available in official repository are used.
alekq commented on Trusting Content on the KDE Store blog.davidedmundson.co.uk... · Posted by u/HieronymusBosch
If you cannot audit it and supervise it, do not offer a point-and-click way to install it. Do not rely on end-users experience and sanity nor the good intentions of random people online.
Installation of Gnome extensions or KDE themes (unless official package from distribution's repository is used) always seemed as unnecessary risk to me.
Kudos.