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|    Richard Falken to Nick Andre    |
|    Re: Slackware 15.0    |
|    16 Sep 20 14:07:59    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 47966.linux@1:103/705 23c8700d       REPLY: 1:229/426 610FBA84       PID: Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 Sep 14 2020 MSC 1927       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.177 Sep 13 2020 GCC 6.3.0       COLS: 80       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: Synchronet msgeditor $Revision: 1.175 $        Re: Re: Slackware 15.0        By: Nick Andre to Benny Pedersen on Wed Sep 16 2020 12:05 pm               > I know you're just being a silly Russian but if you don't like precompiled        > stuff, that must logically mean you study *all* the source code that you        > compile. Because... how do you know theres not some backdoor or vulnerabilit        > Have you personally combed through the entire Linux kernal source?              Liking ports systems does not mean you study the whole source code.              I have some ports systems that allow me to create packages that feature my own       patches. It is convenient. BUt it does not mean I have to go through all the       source code in the ports tree to enjoy the advantages of a port system.              Also, using ports systems does not mean you are a tin-foil hat wearer.       --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 120/340 123/131 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 452 616 664 240/77 5138       SEEN-BY: 240/5411 5832 5853 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854       SEEN-BY: 292/8125 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848 770/1 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119 5020/545       PATH: 103/705 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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