My Xubuntu Experience

[Elektrisk]

Of course. Obviously don't go downloading them from an untrusted source. How exactly do you mean they can be unsafe? Because I have always dealt with windows but I don't know the definition of 'UnSafe' on linux.
-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.