Quoting: pbDoesn't look much like a bean to me... :whistle:

Lol, how did they not see it?

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Just what the doctor prescribed!

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Quoting: tfkDon't want to spoil the fun here. But this situation is rather similar to the xz vulnerability. Original dev overworked, other one jumps in. Makes all kinds of changes. Who is es20490446e? Does the software need root access? Ring zero? Nuclear launch keys? 🤔

...I may be overthinking this.

My gut says you're overreacting, but it's a good and secure way of thinking, so I'll answer your questions to the best of my ability.
This software needs root.

Differences:
the changes they made fixed actual issues users were having and other devs(for example nwilder) were dealing with instead of an issue that exist only in the issues without anyone we trust reporting existing issues.
Also this maintainer asks actively for issues to fix.
This project isn't very useful and as such popular for servers, which are the main targets on the linux ecosystem.
I checked the changes and found no Binary changes.
The old maintainer had archived the project already for some time before the current took over, meaning that the project had already had some time to decline in popularity, because of lack of support.

Things that are the same:
New maintainer and overworked old maintainer.

Edit:
also this is python based, so more people can actually understand their changes.
With my basic scrolling I found nothing directly alarming.

But what if they learned from the xz experience, and now they are going to work on building trust for a year by doing real work before sneaking in an attack?

(Alright, alright, *this* project is not widespread enough, but the atacks are getting suffisticated enough that your argument is not enough)

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Quoting: tfkDon't want to spoil the fun here. But this situation is rather similar to the xz vulnerability. Original dev overworked, other one jumps in. Makes all kinds of changes. Who is es20490446e? Does the software need root access? Ring zero? Nuclear launch keys? 🤔

...I may be overthinking this.

I scrolled down to comment just that. Damn xz attack is making us all paranoid.

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Quoting: legluondunetAnti-Virus for what use? I never saw a virus on my Linux computers in more than 25 years.
To collect information on our Linux hard drives and sell them to companies for their statistics?

Well there was the _one_ incident with xz, so...

Funny how no one realizes that antiviruses are fundamentally the wrong way to solve the problem. They are _reactive_, meaning they defend against old attacks, but old attacks rely on old bugs and old bugs get fixed. They don't defend against new attacks obviously because they don't know what they are.

The fact that they are needed on windows is not because antivirus is necessary, but rather because windows is garbage. It's a system where apps run with root access and the system is no help in updating them. So you have buggy old software running as root for years, _of course_ the system gets riddled with viruses.

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> They say it can "detect both malware and adware, as well as legitimate programs that can be used for attacks".

Silly Kaspersky, you don't need a dedicated tool to format the windows drive.

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Why won't they put the old build in a branch so people on other platforms could still download it?

I mean fine, they updated it to be more modern, and they are too incompetent to do it cross-platform. They don't have to kill off the old builds.

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> Support for widescreen monitors with almost any resolution. You can change the resolution without restarting the game, and in windowed mode, changing the window size dynamically adjusts the game resolution.

Sad reality is that this is so hard to be considered a feature. Especially with Vulkan.

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Quoting: razing32You have to create a new world , right ?
So any previous world and all progress made is kind of lost - well minus the skills / gear of the character.

No, IIUC, though it's recommended. Apparently it'll just convert that region in the existing world, which may leave odd terrain where you have buildings.

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Quoting: CanadianBlueBeer

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: ShabbyXRecently started Valheim over the hype with the expectation that I won't like it (not into survival games in general). But damn, this game is fun!

Won't forget my first encounter with a troll that's for sure.

You never forget the first time you get killed by a falling tree either lol

Nope! (of course, we do try to smoosh anyone else when chopping trees. Agility Practice, that's it!)

Going to have to either make sure the fire thingies don't go to previous biomes, or see about upgrading roofs.

(gotta wait for mods to update before playing. sigh)

:D

Stop scaring me, lol, fire thingies? Special roofs?

I have yet to die from a falling tree though, natural reaction to trees falling is to get out of the way? :D

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