Which repos with packages you reccomend?

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Which external dnf repo with packages you advise?
I want to install in AlamaLinux 10 all popular apps, for example, krita,inkscape,scribus,doublemcd-qt,tlp,etc. But lso i want that they will be stable, because in fedora 39-42 plasma and some other components was crashed during some as I installed it. In AlmaLinux 10 all works stable, but cannot install many popular packages.
Repos what enabled in my pc now:

appstream AlmaLinux 10 - AppStream
baseos AlmaLinux 10 - BaseOS
crb AlmaLinux 10 - CRB
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 10 - x86_64
extras AlmaLinux 10 - Extras
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for EL 9 - Free - Updates
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for EL 9 - Nonfree - Updates
rt AlmaLinux 10 - RT
sap AlmaLinux 10 - SAP
vivaldi vivaldi

Thank you for all advices!

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I just keep it what comes with the default installation and then do add the epel-release package.

The rest, only if required as overtime I have seen conflicts and issues.

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Hello.

Due to ABI and binary dependencies, adding too many external repositories can easily lead to conflicts.

Therefore, it’s safest to limit yourself to the official repository and EPEL for now.

Also, I recommend avoiding mixing RPM Fusion for EL9 with AlmaLinux 10.

For GUI applications, Flatpak tends to be more stable if needed.

For missing packages, I recommend submitting a request to EPEL or consulting with the AlmaLinux Core SIG.

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Almalinux removed Libreoffice package because that did RHEL. Is it any sence ask Alma return LibreOffice package?

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You can also install the RPMs available on the LibreOffice website. That’s what I did.

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I think that manual installing from websites is removes one of the main features of linux .

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If you mean the distro providing all software from its repo – does any distro provide everything? I bet not.

RHEL definitely does not. It is very lean distro, with rather minimal selection of applications.

Red Hat does have a flatpak repo for RHEL and instructions on how to use it. This naturally complicates package management, as now one may have to both RPM and flatpaks.

The LibreOffice website is basically a third-party RPM repository, just like EPEL.

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In pacman packages you can install all popular packages , libreoffice-fresh, doublecmd-qt6 etc. I want similar in AlmaLinux

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First, I don’t know “pacman”. The DNF too can pull packages from multiple repos. Even the packages of AlmaLinux are in more than one repo. Third-party repos add to package selection seamlessly.

The bigger issue is, what is packaged as RPM and offered in repos. Somebody has to build those packages and therefore maintain source code that does build.

Red Hat does not include much in RHEL, because they do not want to commit more than necessary to the maintenance – a major version of RHEL lives a decade (or more). AlmaLinux has much less resources than Red Hat.

The “popular packages” is very subjective. I do need daily applications that nobody packages for any particular distro and you probably have never heard of.

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Well, pacman is used by Arch Linux and is a general-purpose package manager. That’s why you’ll find so many programs to install.

AlmaLinux is a free enterprise distribution, so the software is geared toward that purpose.

You might be interested in trying Fedora Linux, which, like Alma Linux, uses RPM/DNF as its package manager and has a huge variety of software to install.

If you still want to use Alma Linux as a workstation, you’ll have to manage your own packages for software that isn’t in the repositories.

There is also the option of using Flatpak, which has a lot of software available, and AlmaLinux is ready to use Flatpak.

Regards.

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In my PC Fedora KDE PLasma works very unstable, after day of work rebooting will cause that SDDM/LightDM will not able to run KDE PLasma(Xfce will work)