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Automatix 'Actively Dangerous' to Ubuntu

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-tread-on-me dept.

exeme writes "Ubuntu developer Matthew Garrett has recently analyzed famed Ubuntu illegal software installer Automatix, and found it to be actively dangerous to Ubuntu desktop systems. In a detailed report which only took Garrett a couple of hours he found many serious, show-stopper bugs and concluded that Ubuntu could not officially support Automatix in its current state. Garrett also goes on to say that simple Debian packages could provide all of the functionality of Automatix without any of the problems it exhibits."

2 of 284 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Illegal? by miro+f · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think the summary is claiming Automatix is illegal. It just has to do with the parsing of the sentence. I think the original intent was:

    "illegal software" installer

    and not

    illegal "software installer"

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    being vague is almost as cool as doing that other thing...
  2. Re:Illegal? Misleading and Misconstrued FUD by Randle_Revar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Alternately, learn Linux


    If you were to learn Linux you would not need Automatix,
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    Climate Progress - Hell and High Water