Yep, that's exactly what I meant, if you don't use the 'official' repo then you're open to all manner of 'nasties' ready to infect your PC. Pete M ( :-P )
> To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:34:31 +0100 > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anybody seen this, thought it might be shown, as > nobody has mentioned it on here yet..... > > On 21/08/13 08:27, Colin Law wrote: > > On 21 August 2013 04:05, Peter Maddison <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> NOTE the keyword -- IF you install it. > >> Unless you NEVER use the OFFICIAL REPO and are totally careless with your > >> system then there's a VERY high chance you could infect your system with > >> ANY virus. > > > > I don't think that is what you meant to say, but I am not sure what > > you did mean. > > > > Colin > > > I think he meant UN-official repos! And I am more fussy today than i was > 6 years ago when i first made the leap from windoze do Ubuntu partly > because I have now found my favourite packages, and know what I want, > partly because I am more aware of the risks! > > In some ways this has narrowed my view, and I am less likely to > experiment with the latest (& possibly greatest) new thing out there, > but at least my productivity has improved ;) > > in short as long as we are aware of the risks, we are (hopefully) all > intelligent enough to make an informed choice, and we just have a duty > to put the info out there to inform new users of the potential risks of > adding random PPA's so they are equally well informed. > > Pete S (the first one);) > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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