[sf-lug] Additional information: attention John S. and anyone interested in Slackware 15.0, RPi

[Bobbie Sellers]

On 2/14/22 11:37, Rick Moen wrote:
>> 2022-02-07 NEW • Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.3o uses systemd
>> but despite that debility I downloaded a copy to try on a machine
>> without net connections.  Frankly I don't trust the makers.
>   
> What about OpenMandriva Lx raised this concern, Bobbie?  Someething
> specific?
> 

	Living thru the Cold War and following the news.  The Russians
who package it may be completely honest but how closely can they inspect
all the code coming in.  The Russians have attacked via hacking but with
a package in the very large distribution they could collect as much
information as they pleased, use our private machines in Denial of
Service Attacks and use them to propagate malware.  Is this paranoia
or excessive caution?  I personally don't know but do you want to
try it out, Rick?

	bliss