I would like to know how to and if it is possible to temporarily adding
Ubuntu repositories and then installing software from them can break or crash
my system or not. As far as I know, Trisquel mainly uses the Ubuntu
repositories anyway, just removing the packages that are not 100% free. I
would like to know if, to add repositories in Trisquel, I would I just need
to edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add (assuming an Ubuntu 14.04 base)
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
Basically once I installed that software, I would want to remove the listings
to the Ubuntu repositories, and mainly just use the Trisquel ones. You might
ask if I wanted to do this why wouldn't I just use Ubuntu in the first place,
but there are a few reasons that I would like to do this. A few of my reasons
are:
1. I find Trisquel interesting. I want to try out a system using the
Linux-libre kernel
2. I live in Mainland China. Living in Mainland China can make downloading
things from foreign websites sometimes torturingly slow as a result of the
Great Firewall of China. Ubuntu has repositories within Mainland China which
can make updating and installing software from those repositories
significantly faster.
3. Also, I like that Trisquel Mini can be used well on computers with low end
resources like netbooks.
So in conclusion, I would like to know how to add Ubuntu repositories to
Trisquel temporarily. If this is possible without breaking my system, please
let me know how to do this.
Any and all help is appreciated with this.
Thanks
