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5 articles on Arch Linux — news, releases, guides and analysis from the SourceFeed engine.

The AUR Namespace Trap: Lessons from the Atomic Arch Attacks

The recent compromise of over 1,500 AUR packages exposes the structural danger of flat namespaces in developer-focused package repositories.

Emeka Okafor

Bootstrap an Arch Linux Dev Machine: pacman, yay, and a Full Toolchain

Go from a fresh Arch install to a fully equipped dev environment — AUR helper, a slick shell prompt, and Node.js, Python, and Rust — in under an hour.

Tutorial · 2w ago0

Sophisticated AUR Malware Waves Expose Container and Pipeline Risks

A second wave of obfuscated malware targeting Arch Linux's user repository highlights the danger of unpinned, automated builds.

Article · 2w ago3

Arch's AUR Malware Sprawl Hits 1,579 Packages

A user-repository compromise that started at 400 packages ballooned past 1,500 before Arch developers purged the malicious commits.

News · 2w ago6

Hundreds of AUR Packages Trojanized with Malicious npm Dependency

A widespread supply chain attack on the Arch User Repository injects an infostealer via malicious npm install scripts.

News · 2w ago0