Auster

I prefer AppImages. I find system-wide installations risky in the long run, and don’t mind managing each software myself. Plus, often I have to use super old software, and when the current programs become old themselves, it’s useful, I think, that they’re as independent as they can from dependencies that may or may not be available anymore. However, still using apt download just in case as that variant of the command also downloads dependencies.

Meant in that sense, yes - searching for errors and their solutions as I see my computer having such major failures

If I had a nickel for every time my phone saved me from massive failures in Linux, I’d have 4 nickels. "<.<