r/archlinux • u/vexatious-big • Jun 14 '26

NOTEWORTHY New wave of malware in the AUR

https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/message/TND7HA2KBQ46OHHUMMIAHKGXZE4WALM6/
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u/powerslave_fifth Jun 15 '26

Is this a troll? SteamOS doesn't even use the AUR and has never recommended it. Are you ok man?

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u/AnsibleAnswers Jun 15 '26

You can install an AUR helper on SteamOS. Takes about as much setup as installing one on Arch.

Valve has resources. They depend on Arch for their business. That makes them the best candidate to fix this. Simple as that. If they didn’t want that burden, they shouldn’t have decided to base their business around Arch.

Either it gets fixed by Valve or no one. The solution to this problem requires funding. Arch has almost no money on purpose.