No longer maintained

[dave-theunsub]

As of today, after 20+ years, I'm considering myself retired.

There are many reasons why:

• It's not that good anyway and has lousy reviews
• I'm not a real programmer and will never be good at it
• It needs to be redone, both in a different language and with a new design
• Getting hit by a drunk driver in 2022 made my ability to focus even worse
• clamtk was supposed to be a lightweight, easy to use program, and it's probably neither
• It crashes upon closing all the time now and I have no idea why
• ClamAV signatures take a long time to load upon startup; don't know how to tell that to the user waiting for the scan to begin. Yes, we can use clamd, I know.

There are more, and I could drone on about it but it doesn't add anything meaningful.

My goals were to give back to Linux, which gave me a lot, and to get better at programming. I probably did not do either. I did get more knowledgeable about how packaging works, but I suppose that's not relevant.

I do recommend these, though:

• Quit calling Linux threats "viruses". Linux (and other OSes) are vulnerable to A LOT of threats, including malware and rootkits. Saying Linux doesn't get viruses is like saying your football team doesn't give up many homeruns. It's stupid. Linux systems need to be protected by defense-in-depth, and that doesn't include saying "it's secure because it's Linux". Malware is the right term, which encompasses many types of threats.
• Someone should make a good malware scanner (GUI) for Linux (and related) systems.

Apologies for adding to the list of dead open source projects.

If I can start doing things again, I will. But probably not.

Thanks to all the wonderful people I've spoken to from all corners of the world, and take care.