Weekly Tip: How to find .debs (even if you think they don't exist)
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| One of the biggest strengths of Debian (and derivatives like Ubuntu) is
| support for the .deb package. After all, it provides a one-click method of
| easily installing programs. Best of all, these programs are automatically
| updated via the official Debian repositories. Unfortunately, the official
| repositories aren’t always the best. Some programs aren’t always up to date
| (the latest version of Thunderbird is 2.0.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/weekly_tip_finding_installing_deb_files
Compiling from source is just a distant (fifth) last resort.
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