On my Linux systems, both server and desktop there are a set of programs that I don’t use the package manager for, because they’re usually out of date. This in

On my Linux systems, both server and desktop there are a set of programs that I don’t use the package manager for, because they’re usually out of date. This includes browsers, where I let the auto updates handle it, and programming environments (Python, R, Node), where I often use their specific updaters. I don’t think it’s realistic to expect a global curated package manager to stay on top of the bleeding edge all the time.