I guess if that is your thing then something like this could be nice. I just rather use the terminal and if I need more graphical I’ll go wild and use pacseek. 
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It seems interesting, but I’m not willing to risk running software that’s being heavily spammed on the Arch Linux forums.
Still, I’ll keep an eye on it. it might interest some of those jumping headfirst (and without a parachute) into the world of Arch. 
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Hey everyone, thanks a lot for checking out GuiMan and sharing your thoughts! 
I completely understand the concerns about safety and the Arch thread situation, that’s fair. GuiMan isn’t spam or anything malicious; it’s just my personal project I wanted to share in a few Linux communities to get feedback from different users.
I’ve already started addressing the main issues mentioned (like avoiding partial updates, removing --noconfirm, and handling confirmations safely). The goal is to make it a reliable, beginner-friendly GUI, not something that risks breaking systems.
Totally appreciate the honest feedback, even the criticism helps me improve it. I’ll post an update once the fixes are live.
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This actually seems pretty neat from the screenshots in the github. I have tried “pamac” in manjaro which was built with the same purpose, but that thing was constantly breaking so i stopped using it. Gonna give this one a try. I am a gui guy, i never liked the command line, this is coming from a guy who used DOS at some point. GUI is much more intuitive for ordinary people like me who just use computers and not write code.
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@Junaid433 many thanks for posting back! Once the update is pushed, I may give it a test run.
Thank you for reviewing my software and bringing the malfunctions to my attention. I appreciate your concern. Moving forward, it would be more efficient to create issues on GitHub, as it allows for easier tracking and resolution. I will post an update here once all safety issues have been addressed.
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Screenshots of the application, please.
Would love to know how this compares with Bauh and Octopi. It uses Tauri for its frontend, which is a competitor to Electron Software Framework and Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). If that is the case then why use Vue.js?
Absolutely 
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Guys we need to transition to GUI based systems. terminal is way way over rated. As it is all of these LLM Generative AI models are text and terminal based.
We have indeed come a full circle. From a terminal, blinking cursor to Xerox Alto’s Universe created by Palo Alto Research Center and now regressing back to a terminal/blinking cursor. Let us not regress.
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Yeah, but there’s no way an LLM model could produce A> without some serious hallucinating. We’re safe for now.
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His refusal to tell me which rust to he prefers.
plus posting and abandoning
plus recent AUR paranoia
the polkit source code breakout I did not understand at guthub (but makes sense)
has kept me from trying.
you are not paranoid and I am not paranoid. sensible I think.
@Noodly you took one for the team! It is pretty.
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Screenshot are already posted several posts above.
Not doubting it does what it claims it can do. Am concerned that it can also do things beyond what’s described on the tin. 
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Well, that’s a risk we have to take every day in our lives, at this time and age. But sometimes duck is a duck and not a goose in disguise.
However little bit of paranoia is good to have these days.
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Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean someone isn’t trying to hack me. 
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It doesn’t necessarily mean that “someone is trying to hack you” either.
It only means that you are being paranoid 
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Let’s regard this as a Schrödenger Cat problem. Both could be true until we open the box. (Quantum computing has arrived!)
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Well, as I said earlier, being open source increases the trust level and you can examine the pkgbuild to be sure it’s being built from the published sources.
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Absolutely. I don’t have the (rust) code reading skills to decipher some of the concerns raised. I depend on the talent and energy of the rest of our fine community to sound the alarms.
My paranoia simply keeps me from jumping on the next shiney thing before giving it a little time to ferment. 
Another reason why this EOS community is so valuable to all. 
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Right. Personally, with my computing skill, it is impossible to localize the box, let alone being able to open it up an look inside.
So, I have to live with this killing uncertainty and exercise caution best I can. I don’t know if I get that far with this approach. If somebody is out there wanting to get to me, they most probably will. That is, if they haven’t done it already 
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