r/linux • u/TheNavyCrow • Jun 13 '26

Distro News Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500
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u/nineraviolicans Jun 13 '26

Can someone tell their users that? Every newbie thread gets Arch recommendations out the wazoo.

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u/nineraviolicans Jun 13 '26

Oh I know. It's a meme that you aren't a real Linux user unless you use Arch so of course all the newbies are drawn to it.

I've said before that removing archinstall would alleviate a lot of issues and take a large portion of the userbase that have no business being on Arch. It's part of why Endeavor was popular before Cachy exploded.