&gt; <i>I mean most Linux users regularly compile binaries directly from the source.</i><p>I think not really. It&#x27;s not that common. Precisely because package management works nicely, you can do an apt-get install or yum install or whatever.<p>I have compiled Linux kernels and even written device drivers in the past, but in the past 5 years I haven&#x27;t had a need to compile anything from source.