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It may be a lot to take in at first, but seems to me you’ve got it!

A repository or repo is a server that hosts program files for your distribution. Distributions host their own repositories from which you can install software with your package manager, like APT or DNF or others. If you only install software from your distribution’s repository, there’s likely no clashes with software versioning and dependencies, and the packages are about as reliable as they can be (which doesn’t mean there’s never malware). If you add third party repositories for software not available from your distributions repository, it’s more likely there will be issues, because the distribution doesn’t guarantee the packages work well together. For example, Debian and Arch don’t retrieve and install their software from the same source. They have their own servers (repositories) hosting software compiled to work with their particular distro and to be used by their chosen package manager. Flatpak (or Snap or Guix) is a separate package manager that handles it’s own dependencies and doesn’t clash with your distribution’s own software manager. Does this help?

That is where all the best ancient philosophers come from!

“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” -Perineum

It’s frankly stunning just how little these people understand basic politics and the systems they are dismantling. They are profoundly stupid and they too ignorant to realize just how intellectually ill-equipped they are. They have no understanding of why the structures they are tearing down were set up, and think that political structures purposely created to serve their interests are hampering them. It’s almost inconceivable that people like this malignantly incurious reach positions of power. But they have, they do, and they will again.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Stallman outlined our choices and told us this is where we were headed back in the 1980’s. Since then, we have consistently made the wrong decisions. All is not lost, but the situation is dire.

You must understand: It’s not your TV, it’s LG’s, and they will do with it what ever they want, and not to your benefit. This is the future we chose.

I’m highly reclusive, so this happens a lot.