why github links are not allowed ?

[Max]

like why? trusted opensoursce prejects website? maybe valve stops talking to muck about "loving Linux" if they don't allow github links.....

[Max]

https://github.com/nchristopher/steamdeck-emulation

[ShelLuser]

Publicado originalmente por @xMaxrayx:

Publicado originalmente por fluxtorrent:

If by "trusted" you mean unsecure and often containing malicious code?

Even github tells you to be aware of what you are downloading because they don't verify it.

then read the code? GitHub is for reading in first place

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Publicado originalmente por @xMaxrayx:

scan what? you don't need that when the "whole" source code is displayed on your monitor.

also, all antivirus just scans the "hash/fingerprint" which is only good for popular viruses.
(that's why you need to update the database)

This is about the dumbest thing about open source software which I've heard in quite a while. Just because the source code is openly available doesn't imply that things are also automatically more safe. Usually quite the contrary even: it's not about the source code being available, but more so about the amount of eyes on it. And how they deal with all that.

https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/heartburn-from-heartbleed-forces-wide-ranging-rethink-in-open-source-world/

Ever heard of OpenSSL? It's the library used for SSL encryption (also used for visiting encrypted websites) and despite it being the #1 crypto library within the open source (and closed source!) communities a massive exploit in the encryption engine still made its way in.

To add insult to injury the bug was about as dumb as you can imagine: within the randomizer routine in the encryption engine itself, the one area you'd expect to be heavily audited but... nope!

People overlooked this issue for years and the results weren't pretty. Many major ISP's had to fully re-generate their certs because of it, because that's how much OpenSSL was and is being used.

Open source is not a guarantee for more security or safety.

[[H.E.] ✟ GrandEmperorVandheer ✟]

Then let me talk to them in-chat to figure out for myself.

[Max]

thank you steam support for fixing the issue
https://github.com/nchristopher/steamdeck-emulation

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

I'm glad they fixed it for you!

[Max]

yeb thanks mate