> There is the Arch AUR where the community can contribute packages. I don't remember having had to compile a dependency from source, because everything I need

> There is the Arch AUR where the community can contribute packages. I don't remember having had to compile a dependency from source, because everything I need is either in the official repo, or on the AUR When you install from AUR you are compiling from source though. Unless you're using chaotic aur, which only packages a subset of what's available.