Ventoy source code contains some unknown BLOBs, still no word on the issue from the dev after months
Ventoy source code contains some unknown BLOBs, still no word on the issue from the dev after months
What happened? Due to the recent XZ-Utils drama I checked the code and I'm appalled. There are more BLOBS than source code. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/tree/3f65f0ef03e4aebcd14f233ca808a4f8946...
![[issue]: Remove BLOBs from the source tree · Issue #2795 · ventoy/Ventoy](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/83ed7177-de24-4936-8e8a-f10b3ad59df3.webp?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
I had no idea this issue had been identified. While I find this tool very useful, the project is seeming rather questionable to me now.
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Wtf is ventoy and why is nobody explaining it
Basically an OS which let's you choose another OS to boot into. This way you can chose between multiple OS's on one USB drive. You drag your ISO files into a USB folder and choose between them on boot.
That sounded like grub until you said ISO file
Yeah basically grub but on a USB stick and with ISO files
So like rEFInd but on the same drive?
I used Ventoy (its still on my USB stick). Its actually a pretty cool concept. Normally without Ventoy, you would flash your Linux distribution on the USB stick. And then you can boot from it, right?
Ventoy instead allows you to have a folder where you put an ISO without flashing it, and then you can boot from it by selecting in the menu. You just need to flash Ventoy once, as the base system, then you can put as many ISO files into that directory. I tested it and have 7 different Linux distributions (ranging from 1 GB to 4 GB variants) on the same USB stick, and I can boot any of them without flashing again. Replacing ISO is extremely easy, just delete it and copy a new one. Filenames does not matter, anything can be found.
Wtf is a BLOB and why is nobody explaining it
Binary Large OBject
Basically any binary file, often objected to in open source repos because of the lack of source and 'openness'. See also the recent xz backdoor.
Binary data. In the case of lz it was a carefully "corrupted" archive.
Because you can look it up.
because search engines exist
Wtf is search engines and why is no one explaining it
Search engines are websites that people used to go to in order to get helpful information. These days, they just spam out a bunch of SEO garbage, AI-generated bullshit, and ads.
Google, probably
shh..it's a spyware and adware!