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- sanguinemoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Just what we need. Some random guy's sources.list in Spanish.
- ssam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5if you use this you are trusting your computer to all the random maintainers of the list.
if something breaks then you cannot blame ubuntu. only your self.
ubuntu developers have made a large effort to simplify installation of things that you might want or need, but which cannot be included with ubuntu by default.
if you want instructions for installing other things, then first search the ubuntu wiki http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ it probably has all the instructions you need. - paralaxc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It can't be said enough: don't simply use someone elses sources.list without verifying every entry in it. Your sources.list file should only be updated by one person: you (or your sysadmin), and only when you know what you are installing.
An entry in your sources.list is the equivalent of a list of trusted developers. It is a list of people who can and do program computer software to make it behave in a way that they want. Combined with most installations being done as a superuser, a sources.list file is essentially a list of (for lack of a better word) hackers that you trust to let use your machine for whatever reasons they deem necessary. If you (or canonical) didn't put the entries there, how do you know whether or not you can trust them? Answer: you can't.
So do not, repeat DO NOT use someone else's sources.list without manually verifying every entry in it.
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