Is NextcloudPi trustworthy – or pre-configured operating systems at all? I am considering buying a Raspberry Pi for hosting Nextcloud, and this development seems to provide a simple implementation for it. Is it safe to trust the software without extensively testing it to find any malware since the developers could have included malware in the operating system?
Are you worried that the devs of NextcloudPi are potentially shipping it with malware in their open source tool?
Yes. I don’t have any reason to be suspicious of this, but I feel like it is safe to consider this since any developer who makes an implementation for a software can add something like this to their software.
It is under the official nextcloud github account
OP is a beginner using an ELI5 tag. They need better explanation for why there is no reason to worry.
Oh. I didn’t even notice this. That definitely does make it more credible.
Also, a good measure sometimes is the look at the number of stars a project has. If it has enough stars and the project is old enough, it should be a trustworthy tool to use.
I mean what is there else to say other than it is under the official account where also the rest of the code is?
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I know. I get it.. OP may not. Like I said, a beginner using an ELI5 tag. More exposition than normal is warranted as they may also be new to Github.
Okay. Thank you all for your answers. I would deem it trustworthy now.
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They might be a beginner, but I wouldn’t assume they’re not capable of knowing what GitHub is if 1) they directly linked to it and 2) they know what a Raspberry Pi is. They are new to privacy, not new to life.
They may be new to tech though… its fine, let’s drop it.