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Penguin fellas only download software from package managers and official repos tho
Unless it's not in a package manager, and you're assuming those links don't point to official repos
downloading software from the browser? Are we windows users?
I mean, I do still tend to use a browser to get the git URL…
that's what AUR is for.
i use arch btw (not really I use EndeavorOs which is basically Arch with a gui installer)
hey i gotten a few direct from developers websites.
Lol