• @fl42v@lemmy.ml
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    132 months ago

    Idk, I probably haven’t used Debian derivatives long enough, but isn’t installing random .deb-s somewhat of a bad practice? I mean, repos exist for a reason (ignoring the fact they usually have like 3 packages in the official repos)

    • macniel
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      162 months ago

      But even if it is, it shouldn’t prevent installing released debs you find for example on GitHub repositories.

    • @ursakhiin@beehaw.org
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      82 months ago

      Some things we would want to install aren’t in the official repos. Downloading the deb file is a solution to that for newer users.

    • Papamousse
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      12 months ago

      You should try MX, it’s Debian based, and they have their own repo full of .deb, up to date, never break