ppa?

[Brian Cluff]

They are both right, but it amounts to "Do you trust the person that has 
created the PPA"
If it's just some guy without an established record, I would tend to 
avoid the repository.
If you trust them, then go for it, just keep in mind, that you are 
handing a lot of control of your system to the packager.  They can do 
anything to your system, or possible make it your machine unstable 
because they didn't package their software correctly.

Brian Cluff

On 01/02/2014 10:02 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
> okay.... I was told to install the ppa for the nost current stable
> gimp and libre office. The another said that this involves a lot of
> trust. so how are we supposed to install them ww/o the ppa? What is
> the ppa  for the most current stable versions of those two programs
> (forgot to write them down).
>