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I used to think I wanted the very latest version of every single application, not matter what. These days, only Chrome, Spotify, Qbittorrent and a couple of ot

I used to think I wanted the very latest version of every single application, not matter what. These days, only Chrome, Spotify, Qbittorrent and a couple of others are the newest versions (through PPAs), everything else is just stock and works perfectly fine.

erikbye 9y ago
I'm not even talking about end-user applications. You have different needs as a developer. I need libraries and compilation chains to be up to date.
- KozmoNau7 9y ago
  So you add backports or PPAs for those exact libraries.
  - erikbye 9y ago
    Which, in the long run, and sometimes short term, causes problems.