I’ll be the first to admit that I still have a lot to learn, but isn’t it kind of dangerous to rely on repositories with software that is often months out of date? I understand that security is a moving target, but I see so many people saying that getting apps from the official repositories is the safest option. This just seems incorrect to me. Can someone please illuminate?
Okay, I understood about 5% of what you just said, but I think I get the general gist of it. Thanks for your reply.
Basically, because they can look at the source code of individual applications and how it got changed over time, they can typically create alternative versions of the software, which doesn’t include the newest features, but does include bug fixes and security patches.