[lug] Malware refuge?

[Davide Del Vento]

(Vaguely) related article: http://lwn.net/Articles/564250/

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com> wrote:
> It really depends on what your looking for. I find that for most of my
> needs, I can find something that is easy* to use and does what I want. I
> find the frustration of Windows getting in my way usually far outweighs the
> benefit of having "easier to use" tools available.
>
> As to your specific question, it looks like the tool you are referring to is
> open source, and available on linux natively from official repos (at least
> Ubuntu):
>
> 03:35 PM:qhartman at qhstation$ aptitude search mp3gain
> p   easymp3gain-gtk
> - GUI for MP3Gain, VorbisGain and AACGain
> p   easymp3gain-gtk:i386
> - GUI for MP3Gain, VorbisGain and AACGain
> p   easymp3gain-gtk-dbg
> - Debugging symbols for easyMp3Gain-GTK
> p   easymp3gain-gtk-dbg:i386
> - Debugging symbols for easyMp3Gain-GTK
> p   mp3gain
> - Lossless mp3 normalizer with statistical analysis
> p   mp3gain:i386
> - Lossless mp3 normalizer with statistical analysis
>
> Also this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/easymp3gain/
>
> QH
>
> * This is the perspective of someone who has dabbled in *nix for about 20
> years, and been using Linux as his primary OS for about 15 years, so my
> perspective may be skewed. That said, I have little patience for obtuse
> tools.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Davide Del Vento
> <davide.del.vento at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> So, is Linux still, and likely to stay, a safe haven't from Malware where
>>> I could avoid all this crap? Are there wrapped installers doing this same
>>> crap on Linux? Is there a fast and efficient way to determine (or almost,
>>> sort-of determine) that a cheap quick utility like MP3gain (or it's utility)
>>> is available for the Linux platform and a way to get it where I won't
>>> stumble while jumping through Malware hoops?
>>
>>
>> Yes it is. You can install most software from the official repositories of
>> your distribution of choice and those are 100% clean. If there isn't the
>> software you are looking for, or the version is too old, you can compile it
>> from source, which is pretty straightforward (unlike in windows). And those
>> are unlikely to have any malware. I'm sure if you look hard you will find
>> and come install some malware, but not as much as on Windows.
>>
>> Now, will you find the software you need? I have no idea. I personally am
>> not satisfied by the software I have/use on Linux, but maybe that would be
>> the same on Windows/Mac and we can start a philosophical argument about me
>> not being satisfied by anything: following my example, my 5yo has started
>> cursing at the GPS and the car because of their defects :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Davide
>>
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