My Xubuntu Experience

[Poppins]

I'm a Linux newbie too, so someone correct me if I am wrong, but you need to enter your root password to install a .deb package, right? Is that not giving the package root access? That could cause some serious damage.

I believe you only give it too the package installer or terminal? Not the actual package. I don't think that a package having your root password can cause harm anyway. .
-Poppins