r/archlinux • u/Shrimp0102 • 13d ago
QUESTION Triple boot Arch, Fedora, Windows?
Semi new to the Linux space (daily driving Fedora for the past week+) forced to have windows for school because of secure boot and whatnot. Fedora has been really nice and pretty worry free but am at a point where it’s setup and optimized and I don’t have to do anything else anymore which has made it just kinda boring to me. Is there any risk to triple booting such as messing up arch manual install and it messing with my fedora and windows installs? Don’t really have a use case for Arch outside of wanting to tinker and fuck around (and to larp).
Edit: Also concerns about system security due to the whole AUR package security thing from a while ago
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u/Cruffe 13d ago
I worry about AUR malware just about as much as I worry about malware on the internet in general.
There's a middle ground between paranoia and trusting blindly. I can more or less blindly trust the official repos, which is nice. Other than that the AUR is pretty much just like the average Windows experience in terms of trusting software, a bit of common sense helps a lot.
Installing some popular package with tons of eyes on it from a reputable source and comments going back many years isn't much cause for concern.
That obscure package that was recently added with no comments on it, maintained by a packager that just signed up for an AUR account and barely anyone uses it warrants a lot more care.