Using other distribution's repositories is a bad idea, because ex.: Fedora doesn't has 6 years support of a given version of the OS.

What is the best-practise for Scientific-Linux?

What are the to-do's after a "Minimal Desktop" install?

So the real Question: How can I install a "fresh" version of these apps on Scientific-Linux 6.1/64bit?:

    * VLC player (it's not in the default repositories and all I can find is an outdated VLC in rpmforge)
    * Chromium/Google Chrome?
    * Flash Player
    * VirtualBox
    * microsoft paint alternative :D


http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/21785/to-dos-after-installing-scientific-linux-6-1-for-desktop-purposes/

Or it is advised to use another media player other then VLC? there are many AVI/WMV/MP4/FLV/etc. videos with many codecs. VLC has many codecs (built-in?) that's why we need it. but fixme if there is a better media player for Scientific-Linux.