> That said, it surprises me that previously no one bothered to set up their own DEB or RPM repositories, since then the clients could use the package managemen

> That said, it surprises me that previously no one bothered to set up their own DEB or RPM repositories, since then the clients could use the package management solutions that they're already familiar with. Any idea what are some of the reasons for it? Why doesn't everyone just make it so that their software can be installed and updated through apt/yum/...? A reflexive, nearly irrational fear of ever, ever installing software outside of the official repositories. Search around for "Frankendebian" and you'll find a lot of people who simply refuse to discuss, let alone support, any individual who has the temerity to actually want to use their computer to run software instead of to simply maintain a pristine operating system. In other words, the culture treats third party repositories as a pejorative.