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Re:Google’s in-house desktop Linux by lmm on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @04:09AM (#32316232)
> For my development needs I prefer Debian Stable and install the dev tools locally in my home directory rather than using the packaged versions.

At that point you end up manually doing the job of a package manager.

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Re:Google’s in-house desktop Linux by krageon on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @04:19AM (#32316277)
Either you want the package manager to expect to manage everything or you don't, pick a side.
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Re:Google’s in-house desktop Linux by lmm on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @05:24PM (#32324473)
I want a system that's better at playing nice between system-managed and developer-managed packages. Distributions that stick closer to upstream (e.g. Slackware, Gentoo, or especially FreeBSD with the built-in ports system) are better than Debian for developer machines IME.
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