Re: [Trisquel-users] Difficulty compiling from source

[chris]

Most people don't really see how GNU/Linux is easier because they don't  
recognize the problem with installing random software off the web. That  
problem is there being no trust model. The average user has no idea if what  
they are installing is malicious. These issues don't really exist on  
GNU/Linux. A malicious application developer would have a much harder time  
getting there code into a distributions repository. Debian for instance  
requires two other developers to vouch for you and this usually happens by  
becoming involved in submitting patches and things like that. If you break  
that trust at some point the process basically starts all over again so  
nobody does.

We have a pretty good and safe setup for most people. By following just a few  
basic rules people can be less susceptible to problems. You can't really give  
people a set of rules to follow on Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X because  
there is no safe standard. Programs that need updating and not synced with  
one package management system. Developers rely on users to know what is or is  
not safe despite the average user not being able to decipher this. Installing  
software is exactly the same way. You just don't know. If you told people not  
to install software from the web and not to install software from CD the  
system becomes utterly useless.