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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Another FOSS Gem
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 02:02:44 -0000 (UTC)
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On 19 May 2024 11:27:51 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

> The only reason I care about Fedora is because the people maintaining
> the asusctl project are exclusive to Fedora and SUSE. They used to
> provide instructions on how to install their software on Ubuntu and
> Mint, but they've given up on it entirely.

Looking at the readme <https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/asusctl>, it’s only 
the building instructions that are distro-specific, and that is only the 
installation of dependencies.

If you want prebuilt packages, and they are only available in RPM format, 
there is a way to install those on Debian and derivatives, using alien.