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The Ur-Quan Masters

by rlac

An action adventure science-fiction game

Dangerous permissions Unverified publisher GPL-2.0 v0.8.0
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About

The Ur-Quan Masters is a multi-platform open source port of the classic sci-fi game Star Control 2, based on the original source code of the 3DO version.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • network
    --share=network
  • keeps .uqm between runs
    --persist=.uqm

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • net.sourceforge.sc2.TheUrQuanMasters claims the domain sc2.sourceforge.net; only its owner can prove that
    publisher:namespace
  • fetches from prdownloads.sourceforge.net over unencrypted http: anyone on the path can swap the bytes (x2)
    source:insecure-url

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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