[ubuntu-studio-users] Update question, untrusted packages

[Mike Holstein]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Pete Wright <pnwright at gmail.com> wrote:

> Today's update is telling me that to update it will have to install
> "untrusted packages" and download from "unauthenticated" sources.
> The list looks like the usual suspects.
> On a scale of 1 to 5 how worried should I be (where 1 is flat-out paranoia
> and 5 is fuggeddaboudid)?
> Pete (constantly being reborn as a newbie because stuff keeps changing out
> from under me)
>

the short answer is like this.. PPA's and unsupported packages and sources
are just that.. unsupported. if you trust the creator/maintainer of these
packages and/or sources, then you can trust them. i use PPA's to add
packages routinely, but i do read and understand the risks involved. no one
here can tell you if the sources you have added are trustworthy... if you
are having "issues", consider purging the ppa's you have added and get the
system stable and go from there.. cheers!


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