Bookworm did bring in newer version of apps that work, while Bullseye versions did not.No, I use stuff all the time that we have probably never specifically tested. But there are limits to what we can test, so we cannot promise things we haven't tested will work. Most will work fine of course.
Debian repos can be older than current version on github, so compiling from source can fix newer bugs.
I found if the apps are still being developed and have a current github they will compile and just work, usually.
They might need some libraries to be newer, hence those need to be found on github and compiled/installed too
Just need to avoid those that use x86 assembly to speed up some functions.
However the x11/Wayland change over has messed things up, but that affects mainstream Linux too.
It can be tricky because Linux C apps use a bunch of library dependencies, so one old or bad lib could affect dozens of apps.
I expect those capable of doing it will fix/update their apps to work on Wayland one day.
That also means fixing that one lib, fixes dozens of apps
At the moment some sort of GPU related "memory leak" means Chromium works better than Firefox.
Bloated Browsers are probably the worst to fix due to so many working parts(libs).
They are also the most important apps for most people now so get a high focus.
Statistics: Posted by Gavinmc42 — Sat Jan 06, 2024 2:46 am