I primarily use apt or flatpack. And unfortunately I do have to use some appimages. Like other people have said, getting apps on your Linux machine is kind of a clusterfuck. And each way of bundling a package has its own ups and downs. For me, though, in general, it just kind of works. There is the occasional problem where something I'm trying to install doesn't have the right dependency, but that seems to be rare in rarer these days. That's for my daily driver. servers are a whole other can of worms 😅

I had a few issues with mounted drives. I learn a lot last week and edited fstab… that was the last one,

Most of the time I would check the app store for stuff. I think when I was on Linux last it was with Pop OS so I would use the pop shop. I think a couple apps I downloaded outside the store were appimages, but I mostly stuck to the shop

Because I don’t want to spend 17 hours building Firefox from source

I don't game, so I guess I don't feel like I'm missing much. Also, I'm willing to sacrifice convenience for control of my data. I enjoy learning a little about how computers work and creating scripts. Once you get used to Linux, you get more tuned into open source projects and people's contributions.

I mostly run Mint, so usually just thru the built in software store. If i cant find an app there, i download from the respective website. I'm not super knowledgable with the terminal, so this has worked for me. I'll never go back to Windows or Mac, not ever.

Debian like distro: Apt install package You can add new repositories Apt add repository ..... If you download the .deb package Dpkg -i package.deb With source code Make and make install

i never use home manager, i keep my home mutable, never bothered me. The important thing is your system conf

What happened when you experienced unresponsive app stores?

always. I ALWAYS end up just installing from the CLI.

i have no idea but it's been the rule for me across different distros