Sounds like a struggle. It is a little surprising to find such disharmony between the development projects and all the distros in the Linux world, although I'm beginning to understand just how many levels of interoperation there are (packaging format, desktop, architecture, repo & EOL distros/libraries all play their part, I'll hazard a guess that there are more...). Seems like the secret is to have as consumate a knowledge of Linux in all it's incarnations and permutations as possible, then it's possible to fix most things yourself

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It's not that. The Bitcoin devs aren't hard to work with. The problem is Bitcoin wasn't originally designed with distro packaging in mind, and almost nobody (except possibly me) cares about it. I just want to see Bitcoin used more widely and more securely. Eventually getting Bitcoin into Fedora and Red Hat will help a LOT. And having used Linux for 20 years I have a little experience to draw on.

Unfortunately I don't get paid for this and the donations have been pitifully small so far. Oh well. I'll keep at it.