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Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:24:52 -0700
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On 04/13/2011 01:00 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
> Nicolas Kovacs wrote on 04/13/2011 02:48 PM:
>> I'm aware this question could possible (also?) belong on the RPMForge
>> mailing list, though I'm not exactly sure.
>
> Did you install the rpmforge-release package provided by SL?
>
>> Which third party repo do you guys recommend?
>
> This seems like a pretty decent set, although I would be careful about 
> mixing:
>
> # yum groupinfo "Yum Repositories"
> Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit
> Setting up Group Process
>
> Group: Yum Repositories
>  Description: Various Yum Repositories.  These are not supported by 
> Scientific Linux but are here for your convenience.
>  Optional Packages:
>    adobe-release
>    atrpms-repo
>    elrepo-release
>    epel-release
>    rpmforge-release
>
> Personally ELRepo and RPMforge are my first choices, and I find Adobe 
> is pretty safe.  If I can't find what I'm looking for there I will 
> venture (with extra caution) to EPEL and finally ATrpms.
>
> Phil
>

What a sweet command.  I have a bare SL6 (init 3) in my shop I was about
to go looking for repos for and this solves the problem of no browser.

On a hunch, I tried this over on CentOS and it bombed.

For what it is worth, nvidia drivers a a big deal from me and they are found
in ELRepo.

-T

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