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I have this vague memory of a website where people could upload their bash scripts and more importantly a sort of primary setup script if you were booting up a fresh install.

The idea being after installing your distro, you could

> curl -sSL <script_url> | bash

It was somewhat of a social network. (10-20 years ago)

Am I taking crazy peoples or was this something...



running arbitrary code from the internet, what could go wrong?


From description I understood it as a site for people how know what particular script does




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