I’ve been using Debian for years and prefer deb based systems, but recently I messed a bit around with Manjaro, and the amount of packages only available from the AUR is, erm, remarkable.
At risk of repeating myself from another comment here: you can access the AUR from other distros by making an Arch distrobox. It’s actually super easy.
So, you can install malware on other distros from the AUR?
Usually if the software I want is not on debian’s repos, I’ll try to get the source and compile it, or last resort, use an appimage. I’m not really fond of mixing different installation methods coming from different distros, but… it’s good to know.
I’ve been using Debian for years and prefer deb based systems, but recently I messed a bit around with Manjaro, and the amount of packages only available from the AUR is, erm, remarkable.
At risk of repeating myself from another comment here: you can access the AUR from other distros by making an Arch distrobox. It’s actually super easy.
So, you can install malware on other distros from the AUR?
Usually if the software I want is not on debian’s repos, I’ll try to get the source and compile it, or last resort, use an appimage. I’m not really fond of mixing different installation methods coming from different distros, but… it’s good to know.