How do you guys get software that is not in your distribution's repositories?

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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  1. Compile from source
  2. Find alternative
  3. Deploy in VM/Docker

If I wanted snap, flatpak or appimages, I would use windows. Shared dependencies or death.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Shared dependencies or death
    Docker

    πŸ€”

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago

    I don't like middle grounds in my packages, what can I say.

    Docker containers are treated as immutable and disposable to me, like a boot CD, for each, I write a shell script to generate both a .conf if needed, a docker-compose.yml and run the container.

    They're plug'n'play separate parts to the rest of the OS, while packages are about integrating nicely with the rest of the OS, in a non-snowflakey, non-disruptive manner.

    I also hate .conf.d folders and always deleted them. One program, one .conf.

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