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0 pointsextraduder_ire2y ago0 comments

IIRC, you can still add those repos. The PPA system just makes it a little easier to add them.

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it's one of those things that will probably work most of the time

PPAs are built against Ubuntu packages as dependencies - which usually but not always match Debian ones. Easy way to get subtly broken programs

Can you explain how better? A link to an example maybe

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0 pointsextraduder_ire2y ago0 comments

IIRC, you can still add those repos. The PPA system just makes it a little easier to add them.

it's one of those things that will probably work most of the time

PPAs are built against Ubuntu packages as dependencies - which usually but not always match Debian ones. Easy way to get subtly broken programs

Can you explain how better? A link to an example maybe

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse