Updates & Ubuntu starter guide

[arrowhead]

I'm about to install Ubuntu again after a few months away from this distro and I will be following the unoficial starter guide, http://www.ubuntuguide.org/ to install a few extras. The last time I did this I noticed a lot of updates became available after adding the extra repositories.
I would like to know what other members do about this, do you just install what you need and ignore the updates, or do you install the updates.
Also is it safer to leave the extra repos in use or disable them and go back to the default ones?

Thanks.

[jiyuu0]

I'm about to install Ubuntu again after a few months away from this distro and I will be following the unoficial starter guide, http://www.ubuntuguide.org/ to install a few extras. The last time I did this I noticed a lot of updates became available after adding the extra repositories.
I would like to know what other members do about this, do you just install what you need and ignore the updates, or do you install the updates.
Also is it safer to leave the extra repos in use or disable them and go back to the default ones?

Thanks.


so far no harm done with adding the extras. you can choose to install the updates or not. if you feel insecure by leaving extra turned on, you can choose to disable it. for me it's been on since long time

you need the backports extra as some of the instructions needs it (e.g. w32codecs)

btw, look around for the unofficial ubuntu add-on-cd too

[arrowhead]

Thanks for that jiyuu0, I'll leave then enabled :o)

David