Repos, repositories – what?
March 5, 2008 by Clair Ching
Filed under Explanation
For those who are using Linux, new users are getting accustomed with the terms and it might not be easy to remember all the time. Take for example the term repository.
Repositories are where users could get packages of software they want to install. Hmmm. Maybe one could say it’s a place of installers — it’s a loose analogy but people who have been using Windows might be more familiar with the concept of installers. Anyhow, the nice thing about repositories is that there a lot of software that could be fetched there and installed on your system. …read more
