[aklug] Re: Debian sources.list examples

Quoting Christopher Howard <choward@indicium.us>:

> Are there any Debian fans on this list?
> I recently switched my main desktop PC over to Debian. Pretty happy
> with Debian so far. However, the default sources.list file for apt only
> had something like two entries, so I have been busy finding repos and
> learning how to configure them.
>
> Everything I've added so far has been from the official list -- stable
> and testing branches, aside from one unofficial site. But I'm still
> missing a number of packages like Celestia, Mozilla Sunbird, and even
> Java RTEs beyond version 5. (Prob due to my misconfiguration.)
>
> Would any Debian users be willing to send me their sources.list files?
> Found plenty of example lists on the Internet -- but most are at least
> two years old. Any personal suggestions on what to embrace/avoid would
> also be appreciated.
>

I don't know if I'm allowed to consider myself a fan if I use =20
Ubuntu...does that count?

What made you choose Debian over any of the others? I'm sure you'll =20
find a friend in Greg and Fielder and a few others.

I'm no real fanboy of any of the distros...they each have their pros and con=
s.

I used to be a Fedora fanboy, but as things move along like they are, =20
I find different distros are good for different reasons.

Mike B.

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Received on Fri Oct 3 06:52:51 2008