The only times I&#x27;ve ever needed to compile a package from its sources was when I was trying to hack away at it.<p>I&#x27;ve not had to compile a Linux kernel in almost 8 years.<p>Your argument is specious. You should seriously stop using it. As for the LSB, that hasn&#x27;t stopped distributions in any way, shape or form. Debian got rid of their LSB meta-package because they didn&#x27;t need it.