Ubuntu: Good and Bad. (Was: 13th December "Smack Down" Meeting)

[phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org]

>>>So, what is the 'PPA'?
>
> PPA is a way to install newer packages than the ones available in the repo
> for your current distro. Since some of the stuff in the 10.04 repo is
> older,
> I add the PPA of whatever newer package I want, and install from there.
>
> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-ppa-technology-explained/
>
> Very simple to use, 3 commands from terminal and away you go.
>

Very interesting. Thanks.

P.

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