Comments by "Anony Mousse" (@anon_y_mousse) on "Installing Linux Software Is More Confusing Than Ever" video.
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As a Slackware user, I tend to not use the repos at all. I just download the source, build it, make a package of that, then use installpkg to install it. Makes it easy to uninstall if I feel so inclined and I've got a version I can archive for whatever purpose I see fit. If I used a Debian based distro, like a lot of Linux users seem to, I'd use apt first, then AppImage and FlatPak, and only as a last resort would I build from source. Although, I have had a few things that refused to build from source, such as FlatPak, most things are just a matter of satisfying dependencies.
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