Hi, When Linux is mentioned the word, and possibly its biggest benefit, repositories, also comes into play. I understand a repository as a software update store, where, once updates have been released and tested, are placed i.e. similar to TUCOWS for the other operating system. It is my understanding that some of the repositories carry all the updates to all the packages, whilst some only keep security fixes and critical updates. I only use rpm updates that Yast picks up as it enables the resolution of package dependencies in a GUI format before the update tries to take place. I am currently using the skynet.be mirror for updates and recently saw a post about source repositories. ftp://ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2 http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.suse.com/suse/update/10.2/ http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/no... http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/os... Two of the repositories that were of interest mentioned were: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/src-oss/suse http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/src-non-oss/suse How do these repositories differ from Skynet ones? Are the less/more complete than the one I am currently using or are the skynet ones merely a mirror? Should I add the new mentioned repos? Would they conflict with the current ones as I see the folder structure is almost identical? When I browse to the location I see a whole stack of rpms, but I assume these are src rpms not package rpms and that Yast would not be able to install an update to an rpm package from a rpm src package. Help required in understanding the role of repos and how to use them/determine if one is better than another. What if a repo isn't available, due to network problems, can another repo be added and used as a fallback repo? Regards Hylton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org