Comments on I' Been to Ubuntu: Extra Repositories for Ubuntu 8.10 You Might Want

An excellent work...thanks for sharing this inform...

2009-05-25T14:38:23.933+08:00

An excellent work...thanks for sharing this informative post with us..

An excellent list....thanks for sharing this nice ...

2009-05-11T17:25:00.000+08:00

An excellent list....thanks for sharing this nice informative post.

I did get the open office to work, I'm now on 9.04...

2009-04-29T01:18:00.000+08:00

I did get the open office to work, I'm now on 9.04 though and it already has open office 3, which is nice. Also I used boxee the same way I did from intrepid and it works just fine and is quite handy. This is an excellent list of some great repos.

First, thanks for the compliment. I'll probably ...

2009-04-18T17:44:00.000+08:00

First, thanks for the compliment.

I'll probably post one in a month or two. Most of the software coming out in 9.04 is up to date. I didn't notice any major software that missed the cut-off.

Once FF 3.5, and OO.o 3.1 are out, I'll put up a list (including Network Manager 7.1). Many of the same repos you used for Intrepid can also be upgrade to Jaunty, if you want to give

Any chance to create a Ubuntu 9.04 version of this...

2009-04-18T17:29:00.000+08:00

Any chance to create a Ubuntu 9.04 version of this page? Since it's about due in 5 days. I really like this page and appreciate your work and it would be nice to keep such valuable pages up-to-sate.

Seth, You don't actually have to install anything,...

2009-04-18T17:25:00.000+08:00

Seth,
You don't actually have to install anything, just update. If the update is giving you an error, can you copy and paste that here?

the open office key won't work. I tried using all...

2009-04-15T23:12:00.000+08:00

the open office key won't work. I tried using alluan method and there are no more key errors but it still won't let me install the open office updates.

Isn't easier to install ubuntu-tweak and configure...

2009-04-10T04:19:00.000+08:00

Isn't easier to install ubuntu-tweak and configure all the extra repositories and install packages from it?
I believe all the repositories you mentioned are included.

Bye!

Url of http://www.sourceslist.netsons.org is chang...

2009-04-09T17:50:00.000+08:00

Url of http://www.sourceslist.netsons.org is changed in http://www.sourceslist.eu.
Bye

The number one rule for adding repos is ... DON'T....

2009-04-05T10:44:00.000+08:00

The number one rule for adding repos is ... DON'T. Most of the problems people have with upgrades are due to third-party repos. If you can make your system work with just the official repos, you're better off.

Launchpad PPAs and high-profile repos like Medibuntu and Wine offer the next best choice.

Adding random repos from unknown sources is dangerous and should be avoided. Even

Really a wonderful job you are doing. keep up the ...

2009-04-04T17:32:00.000+08:00

Really a wonderful job you are doing. keep up the good work.

By the way, I did read somewhere that folks may try to trick you into adding certain repositories as trusted software sources. So how does one avoid such pitfalls. I mean, Linux is safe because you need to give specific permissions by giving access to the programme with the admin password.
I really appreciate the effort

Just use the apt-key method above. It's a lot easi...

2009-03-31T14:27:00.000+08:00

Just use the apt-key method above. It's a lot easier.

RE: FF3.1, the PPA is here -- https://launchpad.net/~fta/+archive/ppa

It would help if you posted links to the other key...

2009-03-31T14:23:00.000+08:00

It would help if you posted links to the other keys, like for banshee etc. I found them myself but still...

Also, do you know of a repo that would have up to date Firefox betas? I can't seem to find them on launchpad.

http://wine.budgetdedicated.com is down. Don't kno...

2009-03-31T07:28:00.000+08:00

http://wine.budgetdedicated.com is down. Don't know why. It'll probably come back up later.

Synaptic now says, Failed to fetch http://wine.bud...

2009-03-31T02:42:00.000+08:00

Synaptic now says, Failed to fetch http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/dists/intrepid/Release.gpg Could not connect to wine.budgetdedicated.com:80 (81.171.111.184). - connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 81.171.111.184 80]

Transmission is written in C, while Deluge is writ...

2009-03-24T14:10:00.000+08:00

Transmission is written in C, while Deluge is written in python. Both of them use GTK+ for the user interface. I've found that deluge becomes unusable slow after a few hundred torrents, whereas I have over 600 active in transmission without any problems.

dcortesi,

If you use the manual method, ope...

2009-03-20T06:14:00.000+08:00

dcortesi,

If you use the manual method, open
1) a browser
2) a text editor
3) Software Sources
Open the page from the http: lines, then copy the part of the displayed text which begins at "
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----"
and ends at "
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----"
Paste that into your text editor and save it as delugekey.pgp or something.

ooooohhh this is so frustrating! All seems easy &a...

2009-03-20T04:27:00.000+08:00

ooooohhh this is so frustrating! All seems easy & straightforward and then at the end it hits the "twisty little passages, all alike" bit... by which I refer to the "Keys" section.

Yes as you say, I get "complaints" when Synaptic tries to reload: "GPG error" for wine (one) and ppa (two). I executed the apt-key command as given with seeming

Shit! Indeed. Thanks for noticing. Fixed.

2009-03-18T12:14:00.000+08:00

Shit! Indeed. Thanks for noticing. Fixed.

Just a quick note. Mythbuntu's PPA for intrepid i...

2009-03-18T09:27:00.000+08:00

Just a quick note. Mythbuntu's PPA for intrepid is actually

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

Just a small update to @Allaun's comment about add...

2009-03-17T09:32:00.000+08:00

Just a small update to @Allaun's comment about adding keys, make sure you use 'sudo' before that command.

I couldn't get VLC REPOS to stop spitting errors -...

2009-03-17T08:06:00.000+08:00

I couldn't get VLC REPOS to stop spitting errors - so I went to c-korn's repos (https://launchpad.net/~c-korn/+archive/ppa) and installed his PPA key

In Mepis 8 official and community repos you can fi...

2009-03-16T22:39:00.000+08:00

In Mepis 8 official and community repos you can find: oo3, wine 1.1.15, vlc 0.98a, miro 2.0.2, XBMC 8.10 (Boxee is based on it), Wine 1.1.15, deluge 1.1.3 and many many more.

I would recommend you having a look at MEPIS: http://www.mepis.org/ (version 8 was released a few weeks ago)

You can also check:
http://www.mepiscommunity.org/en/node/273

brilliant list, thanks very much

2009-03-16T19:17:00.000+08:00

brilliant list, thanks very much

Yes it's true http://www.sourceslist.netsons.org i...

2009-03-16T16:40:00.000+08:00

Yes it's true http://www.sourceslist.netsons.org is a site dedicated to sources.list. Very good!

Comments on I' Been to Ubuntu: Extra Repositories for Ubuntu 8.10 You Might Want

An excellent work...thanks for sharing this inform...

An excellent list....thanks for sharing this nice ...

I did get the open office to work, I'm now on 9.04...

First, thanks for the compliment. I'll probably ...

Any chance to create a Ubuntu 9.04 version of this...

Seth, You don't actually have to install anything,...

the open office key won't work. I tried using all...

Isn't easier to install ubuntu-tweak and configure...

Url of http://www.sourceslist.netsons.org is chang...

The number one rule for adding repos is ... DON'T....

Really a wonderful job you are doing. keep up the ...

Just use the apt-key method above. It's a lot easi...

It would help if you posted links to the other key...

http://wine.budgetdedicated.com is down. Don't kno...

Synaptic now says, Failed to fetch http://wine.bud...

Transmission is written in C, while Deluge is writ...

dcortesi,If you use the manual method, ope...

ooooohhh this is so frustrating! All seems easy &a...

Shit! Indeed. Thanks for noticing. Fixed.

Just a quick note. Mythbuntu's PPA for intrepid i...

Just a small update to @Allaun's comment about add...

I couldn't get VLC REPOS to stop spitting errors -...

In Mepis 8 official and community repos you can fi...

brilliant list, thanks very much

Yes it's true http://www.sourceslist.netsons.org i...

dcortesi,

If you use the manual method, ope...