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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Building from source - disadvantages? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by oeuf@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Are there any risks or disadvantages to building software from source, compared to installing a package? Can it mess with my system in any way?

I usually avoid it because I've found it to be a faff and often doesn't work anyway but in a couple of cases it has been necessary.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Just convenience. That's what packages provide. There's no special magic under the hood in most cases as a downside to packages, and in most cases for specific projects, this is why stacks have containers, because you set the build steps to include the things you need in a pragmatic way, but now have to mess with static files on a filesystem.