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Cite launchpad bug that says ubuntu's pkgs are old (#14517)
* Cite launchpad bug that says ubuntu's pkgs are old * Add some cross-references while I'm here * Changelog
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Add links to third party package repositories, and point to the bug which highlights Ubuntu's out-of-date packages.

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##### Downstream Debian packages
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Andrej Shadura maintains a `matrix-synapse` package in the Debian repositories.
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Andrej Shadura maintains a
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[`matrix-synapse`](https://packages.debian.org/sid/matrix-synapse) package in
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the Debian repositories.
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For `bookworm` and `sid`, it can be installed simply with:
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##### Downstream Ubuntu packages
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We do not recommend using the packages in the default Ubuntu repository
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at this time, as they are [old and suffer from known security vulnerabilities](
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/matrix-synapse/+bug/1848709
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The latest version of Synapse can be installed from [our repository](#matrixorg-packages).
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#### Fedora
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Synapse is in the Fedora repositories as `matrix-synapse`:
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Synapse is in the Fedora repositories as
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[`matrix-synapse`](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/matrix-synapse):
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Oleg Girko provides Fedora RPMs at
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Additionally, Oleg Girko provides Fedora RPMs at
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<https://obs.infoserver.lv/project/monitor/matrix-synapse>
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Synapse is in the OpenSUSE repositories as `matrix-synapse`:
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Synapse is in the OpenSUSE repositories as
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[`matrix-synapse`](https://software.opensuse.org/package/matrix-synapse):
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Synapse can be found in the void repositories as 'synapse':
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Synapse can be found in the void repositories as
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['synapse'](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/synapse):
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