this post was submitted on 29 Feb 2024
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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Friends dont let friends install software that isn't signed.

Use apt.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Lol apt

Or to frame it differently, use a package manager and not appimages etc.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

AppImages actually do have (optional) support for signatures.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They have no update feature afaik, how does this work? What verified this signature, the user?

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its a subcommand of the AppImage. The developer adds the signature to the AppImage and the user verifies it after download with the subcommand.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Thats nice, didnt even know there was an interface for managing appimages?

[–] andreas@lemmy.korfmann.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I mean, yeah but not everything is available over apt. I try to use it whenever I can though