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[QUESTION] Flatpak or AUR?
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The AUR is the best thing about Arch. yay -Syu and everything is updated. Painless.
I tend to use binary packages to avoid long compiles. If an update includes something that is going to take a while, I often exclude that package from the update. After everything else is updated, I can run it again to get the last package or two. They can just run in the background while I do other stuff. If it is a program I am going to use right away, I may put off the update of that package until I am done my session. This is pretty common with JetBrains updates for example.
I do not have a single Flatpak.