What disagreement? There are two package formats in large use, rpm and deb. Many software are distributed upstream as .deb or .rpm and you're free to use them t

What disagreement? There are two package formats in large use, rpm and deb. Many software are distributed upstream as .deb or .rpm and you're free to use them that way. But this fly in the face of ease of administration and easy maintenance. It's OK for personal machine, but it simply isn't acceptable for any professional setup.