Yes I use alot of stuff from other Distro's repos like Linux Mint, MX Linux etc. I was a former Arch User but I got lazy to maintain the system. I decided to just use something easier since I don't have bunch of time to fool around anymore. My exams are coming and I need to not have pakages to just break while I have online classes.
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I think app images perform better than flat/snap sometimes. The bad thing is tht it doesn't integrate as well because I think it doesn't auto update
Me too I also don't like the idea of an appimage, what if you build an application from source will it be faster?
That's an option. I build stuff from source as well, when I can't find a proper .deb file.
To have barebone of building stuff you install;
sudo apt install build-essential
App images are standalone - so they do not autoupdate.
Generally, they start up faster than a Snap Package does. Appimages are not sandboxed the way Snap Packages are.
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Does building an application from source allow it to be managed by application manager like apt?
No, only if you build a .deb package for it in the process.
Interesting, can appimages access system theme, system fonts, custom fonts, .etc?
Thats kinda sad, I like my applications managed by one application manager. I don't like the idea of having multiple managers to install and maintain a specific software
It may depend on the appimage, but the ones I have been using all do. For example, Deadbeef does.
Synaptic Package Manager. 
sudo apt install synaptic
Oh I heard of 'synaptic' before I remember using it on Linux Mint(I think it's preinstalled). This may help because Zorin Application I find it slow and buggy, Idk your experience may vary I guess. Imma try it out and see what it does.
Zorin OS defaults to the Ubuntu Software Store, which I personally find too minimalistic and buggy. It is more like the Windows Store, which is why Zorin OS uses it.
But I switched to Synaptic within a few weeks of starting out and never looked back.
Yes it's too buggy even the Windows Store is probably better because searching for something doesn't take a whole minute. Zorin Team maybe should make or use another GUI software manager
Exactly the reason I left also. It is hard to beat the stability of Debian based distros 
There are tonnes of Debian based servers but not much of Arch based servers for a good reason.
Each distro has it's ups and downs I guess
There is no "perfect" solution for everyone.
One should find the distro which best suites one's need.
Not many of us has a capability of my Gentoo wiz friend who can pick and chose packages himself and create his own distro
Bruh I don't like Gentoo because it takes way too long to just install stuff
I think several hours to install Firefox. Not very practical for most of us.
Yes I know, I tried the speed of the application and it's not even that much more responsive. Pick your poison I guess