> It is pretty easy to setup your own repo on a server using reprepro or aptly Sure, it'd easy to set it up yourself. But the point is that PPAs are managed by

> It is pretty easy to setup your own repo on a server using reprepro or aptly Sure, it'd easy to set it up yourself. But the point is that PPAs are managed by someone else and have already been set up. If I want a new software, and there's a PPA, I can just use that PPA and be able to use it straight away.