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Those repos are nowhere near vast as shit. It's trivial to find software that isn't one or more of them, and quite often what is there isn't remotely a recent version.
Removing the ability to install .debs is literally limiting user choice and walling things off so the user doesn't hurt themselves, the same shit that every fucking Linux knob has been squealing about Windows and MacOS doing for decades.
This shows to me that you either didn't use Linux a lot or don't understand it.
That is cause you're using a stable release distro. If you wanted up to date packages you wouldn't use something based on Debian stable but either a rolling release or semi-rolling like Fedora. Or Flatpaks, appimages, and the many other options you have. Again, not hard stuff to figure out if you are willing to learn. User's fault.
Nobody is doing that, except maybe Ubuntu, you just need to learn how to do it. And if your distro does it, well wouldn't you know it there 100000 distros more you can choose. Again if you're looking for .debs first of all you're not getting something different than what you're getting on the official repo, and secondly you're almost certainly looking for software that is lesser known or has bad support for Linux. In 2023 almost everything someone needs is in the repos of distros like Mint and Debian. Certainly everything for the type of user that is too lazy to Google anything.
No. That's because the latest version of the software has some incompatibility with the distro that the distro devs can't be arsed to fix. If you're not aware of how often this happens then YOU are the one that clearly doesn't actually use Linux on a daily basis.
Oh look, I can make blind assertions about your lack of knowledge too.
WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU ILLITERATE COW-FELLATER?
Yeah, sure, just completely reinstall your entire system because one fucking dev doesn't like having to deal with users installing .deb files. Goddamn Linux apologists are morons sometimes. It's like you've never actually used a computer you HAVE to use. They're just your masturbation tools and nothing more.
So the majority of software, you mean. Have you even fucking been to github.com? Do you think every one of those programs is in a repository? DO YOU FUCKING KNOW HOW ANYTHING WORKS OUTSIDE OF YOUR PRECIOUS WALLED PACKAGE MANAGER GARDEN?
Says you, and who the fuck are you besides nobody?
Again, a cunt blaming the user for a distro removing options. Fuck off.
I see you're angry, but it makes you look bad if you let it out on others. Can't you just discuss this in a civilised manner? I get that you're edgy and think you're smarter than the rest of the people, but you're literally here to complain about a pretty newbie thing to do, so I'd refrain from telling others they're illiterate.
You don't need to reinstall your distribution if you want to install DEB files, you just need to find a way that is not broken. Although I'd really recommend reinstalling another distribution if you're using Ubuntu because they keep doing questionable decisions.
I don't know what to respond to the rest of your angry rant because it doesn't contain substance I would be able to respond to. Looking at your other posts it's probably not worth engaging with you anyway since you're digressing into angry rants 80% of the time. Hope you can prove me wrong.