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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Malicious Go Modules Deliver Disk-Wiping Linux Malware in Advanced Supply Chain Attack (thehackernews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

CMake, which is kind of the universal standard build system for C++ now, has "fetch content" since v3.11. Put the URL of a repository (which can be remote, but also local, which is handy) and optionally the branch / commit ID that you'd like, and it will pull it into your build directory automatically. So yeah, you can pull anything nefarious that you'd like. I don't think most people would question pulling and building a library from Github as part of the build, especially if it had a sensible name for the task at hand.