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Yes, but only for apps that which I want to be on the very latest versions. One might ask why I don't use a rolling release distro, that's because I prefer a solid LTS base.
That is absolutely the best usecase. There are only a handful of apps I need to be the latest version.
I am mostly using native packages.
@DidacticDumbass
You can set Debian to prefer installing from stable unless you explicitly request otherwise. That works on a per-package basis.
Presumably you could do the same with any apt-based distro, but I've not tried it.
@agelord
Flatpak is the simplest solution for me.
I usually use the terminal, so that is something I need to make sure of. Otherwise, using the Software Store I can explicitly choose which version to use.
@DidacticDumbass
This runs you through the setup: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/8049/how-to-install-some-packages-from-unstable-debian-on-a-computer-running-stabl#8051
Once it's in place, I've had no issues.
Neat. I was wondering how to do that.
Debian stable + flatpaks.
I want to be on the latest Firefox and to have the latest LibreOffice and some other apps. I want the latest applications, but I don't want them come at the expense of having my system randomly lose its Wifi at the next boot or some other trash.
FreeBSD had this figured out 25 years ago. Separate the base from the user apps. When I was a teenager, I built -current ports on top of -stable FreeBSD and it was fine.
Now we have the equivalent option in Linux, and it comes from a centrally managed repository i.e. I'm not downloading tarballs and managing my own packages. I'm too old for that crap.