| It would be good if it was just that. This is an industry wide problem. Here are some examples that come to mind: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install The official install instructions for rust are to copy-paste and execute some script which then downloads code from the internet and executes it. https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/ The official install instructions for Spotify are to copy-paste and execute some script which then downloads stuff and then use the downloaded file inside a comand executed as a super user. Same for VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux I am sure I can find many more such examples. The classical Windows flow of download a random executable installer from the internet, it is automatically scanned by an antivirus, execute it, get a notification about its signature, and only afterwards maybe get a request for admin rights, is superior to sudo-wget: https://tserong.github.io/sudo-wget/ People WILL download and execute shit from the internet. It is better to provide warnings where risk is involved instead of normalizing the riskiest path. sudo-wget is like unprotected sex during a one night stand. |