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Re:Yes, Ubuntu is withholding security patches for some soft... by extraduder_ire on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:06AM (#38260387)
IIRC, you can still add those repos. The PPA system just makes it a little easier to add them.
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Re:Yes, Ubuntu is withholding security patches for some soft... by geokon on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:27AM (#38260546)
it's one of those things that will probably work most of the time

PPAs are built against Ubuntu packages as dependencies - which usually but not always match Debian ones. Easy way to get subtly broken programs

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Re:Yes, Ubuntu is withholding security patches for some soft... by personomas on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:25AM (#38260539)
Can you explain how better? A link to an example maybe
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Re:Yes, Ubuntu is withholding security patches for some soft... by NikkiA on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:48AM (#38261639)
https://vitux.com/how-to-add-ppa-repositories-in-debian/
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