Flatpak is good for user things that need to be bleeding edge. If I need to work with a server that's bleeding edge, containers are the way to go.
Yeah if they want to update system packages it's where things end up in dependency hell. You want newer X, it needs newer Y, it needs newer Z and it's a a library half the packages of the system depends on and the rest of the system goes boom.
It's actually why I went to Arch, I need to hold back packages way more rarely than I want newer everything else.
Your only option is universal formats like Flatpak and AppImage. I would recommend against random deb packages or compiling from source unless it's some very tiny obscure utility that will not need any updates in the foreseeable future (so something like j4-dmenu-desktop or a fetch script).
Flatpaks the best way.
In my roughly recommended order:
You are missing PPAs from the list even though it needs some attention on which PPA is being used. I used to use the when I was on Mint.
I forgot about PPAs - I don't normally use Ubuntu-derivatives. PPAs are a little more dangerous if I recall correctly right? Firstly it should be an official PPA from the software developer, and secondly because it's a repo you have to make sure that it isn't going to eventually pull in packages that replace/break your system.
Safety for the ones I've listed:
/home installation/home installation with local dependency network/home installation/home installationWorst thing about PPAs is their maintainers don’t keep up with the base Ubuntu version and then you have to disable the PPA on the next version upgrade, or you end up seeing someone with repositories for Ubuntu 16.04 on 22.04 and wondering why apt is returning errors. Containers are a much better modern solution.
If it's cli, use toolbox or distrobox. You can pull in an arch image and get the stuff from AUR.
Distrobox also works with GUI applications. Toolbox, probably too
That's awesome then. I had some trouble with an electron app so i thought it's complicated.
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