I love the idea of trying Debian but every time I try to ditch Arch for it I end up just giving up after not being able to find all the packages I need in the repos.
How do you guys deal with that? I’m not even talking about them being out of date. I’m talking about them missing altogether.
I tried to make a (possibly dangerous as it is my first) script to auto update/install from 3rd party resources (https://github.com/BlastboomStrice/3rdPartyAutoUpdater), until I figured out that NixOS does something similar but better than my script.😅
I’ll probably use debian in a nas in the future though
Add repos as needed (Docker, Hashicorp, helm, kubernetes, etc.), build from source for everything else.
Is it proprietary software? If so, I find a free software alternative.
EDIT: Fix grammar mistake.
Usually, Flatpaks. My generally philosophy is that if it isn’t in Debian, it probably won’t last. I make exceptions when something is the best tool for the job, like Tom J Watson’s Emote.
This isn’t rock solid, I admit - there are plenty of defunct projects that were once in Debian repos (neofetch is still in sid), and there are plenty of lasting projects outside Debian.)
Like what? I find that if its not in apt repo’s then there is normally a deb package available from the developer or it can be built from source. I know its not AUR but I find debian to be the best supported in most instances, with rpm based second. I dont use snap or flatpak really, but ive been able to install everything I would have wanted to.