>> What are the 'recommended' repos outside sl repos people are using for
>> installing desktop apps?
>
> INHO, there's no 'recommended' outside repos. You're on your own when
> enabling them.
> Here's what I know about:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ
> http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php
> http://rpmfusion.org/

I've also found useful stuff at http://atrpms.net/

I keep these generally disabled and do a

yum list --enablerepo=\*

when I'm looking for something. I can then decide how to proceed,
enabling the required repositories.

                                                         - Bluejay Adametz

Always try to do things in chronological order;
      it's less confusing that way.

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