I decided that I will stick to Slint as my daily driver, with distros that I want to test on another drive. If I need to install using a flatpak ore AppImmage, I will, but the SlackBuilds is usually good enough for what I need to do. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my MacBook Air Contact: Phone: +27 (0)60 525 9181 <tel://+27605259181> Email: brandt.steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:brandt.steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx> Twitter: @brandtsteenkamp <http://www.twitter.com/brandtsteenkamp> > On 05 Mar 2022, at 20:06, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Well, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is nearly two years old at this point... and > honestly, installing a bunch of packages that duplicate dependencies, > don't integrate properly with the rest of the system, and might break > accessibility due to that lack of integration sounds inferior to just > running a newer version of a given distro... Back when I used Ubuntu, > I typically ran the current development version, only switching to the > current release if the development version broke something and only > touching the most recent LTs if it was the most recent release > period... Right now, most of my installed packages are sourced from > debian unstable with just a handful of packages from Debian Stable(due > to breakage in the testing/unstable versions I can't determine the > cause of), Debian Experimental(mainly Orca and other accessibility > stack packages) and a few locally installed, and flatpack, snapd, and > appImages all sound unappealing. > > Granted, I also try to keep my installed system as small as possible > to keep the time it takes to create or restore a backup of my system > drive short, so all of these alternative package formats duplicating > all of a package's dependencies instead of using the installed copies > is a real deal breaker if there's any alternative... Thankfully, it's > been a real long time since I've seriously wanted to install something > not available from the debian repositories. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list