Improve Dell's Linux repository; Support Ubuntu better.

August 20, 2008

Posted By:  gjc

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Did you know that Dell has software repositories for Linux? It does. But they are only maintained by the community and only contain RPMs.

They are poorly documented and feel sloppy in general. I ran into problems while trying to use the firmware repository. I saw this message too much: "Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched..."

Dell should actively support this repository. It is a great idea! A well maintained software repository from Dell would be a real blessing to all of us Linux users with their computers.

It is not that hard to setup a standard Debian repository. Look at how Google or Wine have theirs setup.

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Please see john_h's comment

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  • Jan 30, 2009     Comment Link

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    Posted By: jesse_l

    This is still under review.
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  • Sep 6, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: gjc

    thanks for the info directhex.
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  • Sep 1, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: directhex

    You should never tell people to use a PPA directly - PPAs are not GPG-signed, and should therefore not be considered "secure" by customers. If a PPA is the best way for you to maintain your software (which I don't doubt) then you should mirror and sign. See http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9074923/mirror_repository.sh for a sample mirror&sign script, as used by the Mythbuntu distribution
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  • Aug 23, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: aikiwolfie

    Umm John Hull posted the link to the .deb repo. ^Up there.
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  • Aug 23, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: phenest

    Ubuntu rocks! But I need a repository with .deb files, please Dell. And perhaps 2 repo's for deb and 2 for rpm. 1 repo which is Dell maintained and 1 which is community supported.
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  • Aug 22, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: gjc

    The existence of the repositories is a good thing, but what really matters is the quality of their content and their ease of use. And a question: Doesn't Dell officially "support" Ubuntu?? If it doesn't, it really should!
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  • Aug 21, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: aikiwolfie

    Woohoo! ... oh wait ... I don'tmean to sound negative but, but normally means not much is going to happen over the next year or so. But never mind. Dell actually has repositories for Linux right now which is the main thing.
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  • Aug 21, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: vida_k

    Changed status to **UNDER REVIEW**.
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  • Aug 20, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: gjc

    Thanks for the response John! It is good to hear that Dell is working on this! I must admit, I did not really know how much work goes into maintaining a Debian repository, but figured a company like Dell would be able to do it. Thanks for the link to the PPA. I didn't even know such things existed. Doesn't that count as a repository? I added it to my list of repositories and updated some packages to the Dell versions.
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  • Aug 20, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: aikiwolfie

    I love the way the Linux guys are always getting involved with IS.

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