I’m not sure how to actually get to the root instance in Voyager. I can find a communities sidebar though

I get your point that it’s not specifically Chrome or specifically Safari that are holding other browsers back, but Apple and Google own the vast majority of market share in mobile devices and by extension, browsers used in mobile devices. I think that’s the crux of what the investigation is getting at

I think this is the winner. Pretty much exactly what I wanted. Thank you so much!

I’m so glad we’re on the same page. I’ll go back to the people who are actually open and welcoming to new people rather than the ones that try their hardest to condescend and belittle when I am justifiably suspicious of a random unknown file

If I had any context, explanation, prior warning, knowledge of the person sending the file, or ANYTHING I might be more inclined to download a random file.

I’m honestly kinda stunned that you think “download this, run this”, from a complete stranger is a smart thing to do. If that is how you manage your personal security I don’t want to imagine how your software will fare.

If you and that other guy are legitimately what I should expect from the open source community then you’re absolutely right, it’s not for me.

My understanding of gzip files is simply that they’re compressed. Compressed files can still be dangerous last I checked. And like I said to the other guy, I don’t know what Debian is. I’m asking for a start into the open source world, how would I know that this random ass compressed file from somewhere I’ve never heard of is going to be safe?

Yes, getting into the open source world is basically the point of my whole post isn’t it? And you didn’t answer my question

It is a downloadable file. How often do you trust strangers that say “Here you go” with no actual context. I’m not trying to be mean, but seriously put yourself in my shoes. Would you download that file?

Another great idea, thank you. I’d never heard of F-Droid either

Oh wow, thank you so much. This sounds perfect, almost exactly what I was imagining

That’s a reasonable stance and I do agree.

I was about to say “but what if I’m just not yet using a project that I would otherwise be passionate about because I don’t know it exists”, but you’ve basically gone over that in the rest of your comment. So thank you

Why are you trying to get me to download whatever that file is?

Can I ask why you wouldn’t recommend it? I’m open to the possibility that I’m missing something but imo exposure and attention would often be a big hurdle when it comes to open source projects.

Having a repository that lists and describes them doesn’t feel like it could be a bad thing to me

456,976 total combinations.

Who’s going to start putting together the dictionary of evil acronyms?