apt-get newbie questions

[Matthew Flaschen]

Phil Bieber wrote:
> There are the multiverse repos, which bring some additional packages. Also,
> there are the unfree / commercial repos with proprietary drivers and
> software (please correct me, if I'm wrong).

Some multiverse packages are unfree too.  Well, actually, even Ubuntu
main is unfree, but that's a different story (http://www.gnewsense.org/).

> To modify your repos, wither use the GUI (adept) or open
> /etc/apt/sources.list with your favorite text editor.

Have you tried using Adept?  That's pretty simple...

Matthew Flaschen