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> Even among people who are nerdy enough to run Linux on the desktop, very few are interested in compiling software to make it work. I would imagine most deskt
by hiatus 2y ago
> Even among people who are nerdy enough to run Linux on the desktop, very few are interested in compiling software to make it work.
I would imagine most desktop linux users rely on maintainers to compile and distribute binaries for their particular flavor.
- Suppafly 2y ago>I would imagine most desktop linux users rely on maintainers to compile and distribute binaries for their particular flavor. Which is less ideal than just having general binaries that work.
- bigfatkitten 2y agoI maintain a package for which the upstream source hasn't changed in about 23 years. I still need to intervene once or twice a year because something else changes in the distro to cause that package to no longer build or run.
- EasyMark 2y agoAs someone who still uses older software, thank you for your service! I still use Dia and xfig (because I’ve built up tons of “blocks” for them) and appreciate people donating their time to keep some ancient software going :)