Re: It's a feature that we requested
and then some idiot decided "curl … | /bin/bash" was a brilliant way to install software.
Well, that's an idiots last resort to installing s/w on 'Linux. So it's idiots all the way down that trouserleg of time.
1) your distros repo
2) compile it youself (inc. Arch AUR and similar)
3) deb repos (for debian), PPAs and other options for getting out of repo or fresher packages on release based distros.
3) (most recent, and gain popularity on some distros) snaps, flatpacks or Appimages.
The last thing anyone should do is run curl commands or bash scripts copy/pasted or sourced from the internet without proofreading, especially if it needs root access.
Never mind how powerful PS is or is not, or how secure Windows is or isn't the first gatekeeper to a system is how wary the human who is controlling, operating or managing
Biting the hand that feeds IT
