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Snap out of it (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by 299792458ms@lemmy.zip to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Native repos > AUR > compile from source > Flatpak

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 days ago

Mine is

AppImage > Native repos > AUR > Manually compiling from source > Finding an alternative

I don't like installing software that doesn't need to be installed, thus I like AppImage. Pretty portable. That also applies to compiling from source. Yes, my home directory is a mess.