{"id":260561,"date":"2026-05-31T18:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T22:45:09","slug":"kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"KDE Linux drops AUR from its build pipeline over security and reliability concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns\/\">KDE Linux drops AUR from its build pipeline over security and reliability concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns\/\">https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-31 18:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.xda-developers.com\">www.xda-developers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title icon i-list\">Summary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        KDE Linux removed AUR from its build pipeline over security and reliability concerns.\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        You can still use AUR on KDE Linux; developers removed it only from the build process.\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Malware, outages, and platform-agnostic goals drove KDE to drop AUR from the build pipeline.\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During my stint with Arch Linux, I learned that the Arch User Repository (AUR) was a lifesaver when it came to finding and downloading apps. Unfortunately, as useful as it may be, it&#8217;s not perfect. It has its fair share of problems, such as malware in the packages and occasional outages, and it&#8217;s something that has caused KDE Linux&#8217;s developers to cut out AUR from its build pipeline.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"kde-linux-stops-using-aur-in-the-build-pipeline-due-to-security-concerns\">\n                        KDE Linux stops using AUR in the build pipeline due to security concerns<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"you-as-a-user-can-continue-using-it-though\">\n            You, as a user, can continue using it, though<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>KDE Plasma developer, Nate Graham, published a blog post on his website Pointiest Stick. The post describes everything that happened in KDE Linux in May 2026. While people know KDE best for its desktop environment, Plasma, it&#8217;s also working on KDE Linux, a full operating system that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KDE Linux drops AUR from its build pipeline over security and reliability concerns https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.xdaimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/01\/linux-laptop-kde-plasma.jpg?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[99,71,32,57],"class_list":["post-260561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-arch-linux","tag-linux","tag-malware","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260563,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260561\/revisions\/260563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}