On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 16:42 +0200, houghi wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 09:51:12AM -0400, Carl Hartung wrote: > > On Monday 12 September 2005 08:37, houghi wrote: > > <snip> > > > This is getting very confusing. I personally like the Yast Repositories > > > better an easier to use: > > > http://www.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories > > > > Hi Houghi, > > > > It /is/ confusing to me sometimes, too, so don't feel bad. The way I've > > organized it in my head and on on my systems is YaST handles "official" > > SUSE > > packages, including the unsupported supplementary sources and security > > updates, and I use apt/synaptic to handle everything else. > > I twice tried apt and killed my system, so I won't use it, unless I have > to. > > > This wasn't planned, it was just a natural progression from YaST > > (pre-installed, of course) to later integrating apt into my routine. > > The reason people use apt is because they were told that it was the > easiest way. I have now found out that one tool (Yast) can do the same > stuff that apt did. > There just was not enough emphasis on the use of extra repositories, or > even the use of repositories at all. Once you know how to add > repositories, it is (at least for a beginner) the easiest way to go. > Yast -> Change Source -> Add > To know what to add, just look on the URL below. > > > I'll be following your progress and will probably be learning from you :-) > > Thanks for the effort! > > http://www.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories > The first part is done. Hope you like it. > > houghi
Thanks a lot, this article is VERY useful, and its nice to have all the repositories nicely listed in one place instead of searching forumns for them. :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
