So I'm on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 on an HP HDX 16 Laptop and have a few questions regarding installing software.
First thing I did was sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
So I've used Linux for about 3 years and usually open up a terminal windows and run sudo apt-get install, yum install, or pacman -S to install packages. But I've just come back from 4 months of living in Windows 7 and 8.1 due to work and school, and now I'm back on Linux, specifically Ubuntu. So I've come to rely on a set of tools namely, sublime text 3, brackets, Visual Studio, and Netbeans. Also Apache but I've built and compiled Apache from source and find ubuntu package much more convenient. But as for the other editors with the exception of Netbeans and VS (though I'm definitely going give VS Code a try), come in .deb packages which i can easily run. I was wondering if this any better or worse than adding PPA from say webupd8team and installing via apt-get.
I feel like I'm getting the latest versions by installing them directly from the website, are there any problems in the long run by doing this way. Also, I use Java for school work and was wondering if it would be ok to install the Java8 + Netbeans bundle from Oracle, it comes an executable installer. As far as Java being installed properly on my machine