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[all variants] Are Source Code PPAs Really Needed?

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I stumbled into some errors with some of the PPAs I have added (most notably Chrome, which I replaced with Chromium). I have been going into all of my computers, giving each PPA a name that I can actually identify it, and realized I have tons of source code PPAs. I am not a developer by any means (although I think it would be nice to be able to create apps, I prefer fixing computers and their OSs as opposed to compiling them). So, do I really need these source code PPAs? I really would like to clean up the list of PPAs if possible-running apt-get update can take up to 5 minutes if my connect (Hardware)

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Submitted by xskl on 08/31/2012

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Hello dear Ubuntu users,

If I update to Ubuntu 12.10, do I have to (manually) update external PPAs as well?

For instance, I have some PPAs from webupd8 in my repositories. But they were meant for 12.04, right? So I assume I have to update the repos as well.

I'm going to set up a couple of general use computers on one of my lab's work benches.

There's a whole bunch of PPA repositories and applications from the Ubuntu repositories that I'd like to install after an initial Ubuntu installation.

Is it possible to write up a script that will install all those apps and PPAs in one go, requiring me only to double click the executable script and type in the

I am frustrated with the poor default apps or software which are included in Ubuntu, for exemple brazero, gwibber and rhythmbox. Brasero is a piece of s*** and rhythmbox, I would say its like a beta. Everything does not work at all, for exempel ripping CDs brings awful quality and it cannot been configurated (in default version, in newer it's possible).

I have set up apt-cacher-ng on a headless server on my LAN and it is working fine out of the box.

I want to add the Stellarium and WINE PPAs. I have created an additional url list in the appropriate place, but not sure I have truncated at the correct place file contains the following two URLs http://ppa.launchpad.net/stellarium/...eleases/ubuntu precise main http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/p

I woke up this morning to an error with the update manager: Code: ailed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu/dists/lucid/m... 404  Not Found Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/thunderbird-stable/ubuntu/dists/luc... 404  Not Found I googled and searched here for an answer