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

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[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 2 days 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.