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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
 

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

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks 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.