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What package manager do you use for arch based distros?

So I recently installed Cachyos and I am now met with this problem. There are kind of 2 main contenders here and I’m split between them. What do you use? There is pacman + aur and then there is flatpak. Pacman has deep system integration and is much more lightweight but it has deep system integration and requires sudo to install. flatpak has sandboxing and easy permission management but it’s bloated and possibly less performant? Of course if the package isn’t available on flathub then I will have to use the aur but when both are available it’s hard to decide.

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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on lemmy.zip Open parent

Yay.

And btw, that question is covered already.

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@thingsiplay@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

You mean you have a package manager for your system without a password? Why would anyone want that?

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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on lemmy.zip Open parent

Convenience. It asks the kernel if you're logged in and if you're allowed to escalate. So, secure enough for a single-user system. https://github.com/illiliti/ssu

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@thingsiplay@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

I don't feel safe doing so. Would a script be able to run escalated rights without asking me a password? Is it somewhere displayed that such a process is started (notification in example or at least in the terminal a message?). And even for applications I am directly starting, I want it be explicit to require a password, that I am always aware its escalated root rights the app has now. I can understand your view of convenience and I am "guilty" of some convenience stuff too. But this goes a bit too far for my taste.

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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on lemmy.zip Open parent

Okok, i’ve removed the ssu config part.

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thingsiplay in !linux

@thingsiplay@lemmy.ml · 10d

Hey, I didn’t meant this to be removed or anything; was just sharing my personal opinion. Everyone can do whatever they want, as long as they are aware of consequences and get teached about it. I’m just a bit paranoid, that’s all.

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