StarDestroyer.Net BBS

Do you simply compile and use wherever the makefile dumps the programs, or do you package the programs yourselves from source, and install that, or do you only install RPMs and not use programs that don't come in RPMs, or do you not install anything from third parties and only go by what comes with the distro?

BTW, I mostly package the files when the debian packages are not available, but occasionally I use alien to convert RPMs. Scripts and single executables go into ~/.bin without packaging, when I feel lazy. Debian usually provides everything, but there is the occasional program which is not available.

I apt-get what I can, and compile the rest from source.

RPMs are teh evil. EVIL, I tells ya! DEBs are the only way to save your soul.

It depends, really. If they have a binary compiled for the distro I'm using, I'll get that (doesn't matter if it's an RPM or a .tar.gz, or a .tar.bzip2...) Otherwise I'll give compiling it a shot.