Linux Package Repositories

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Hi, can anyone suggest some good package repositories? I'm now running Kubuntu 6.10 (KDE 3.5.5). Tried Googling, but the results were ambiguous.

There should be built in ones that you just need to activate, like the non-free.

Managed to find a good US one with a load of packages. The 2 built-in Kubuntu ones are complete garbage IMO, KDE installs but with a minimal amount of stuff. Hmmm, I'd forgotten just how much work is needed in setting this up properly, can't even get Flash or Java working in Firefox because there are only 32 bit versions available, XWine won't work, RPM doesn't work properly, can you believe I had to download zsh seperately? *banging head on keyboard* Maybe I just picked a bad distro and should go back to SuSE.

I've been using Kubuntu 6.10 for months. It's a great distro once you get used to it. I used to use OpenSUSE myself. Won't go back to it since Novell made that deal with Microsoft. I'm guessing that you're running a 64-bit system since you complained about 32-bit.

I suggest, for starters, installing Automatix2. http://www.getautomatix.com - great utility for installing some stuff that ubuntu users commonly use but ubuntu doesn't include with the system. Also installs some good repos.

Second, make sure you enable all the repositories that are already in your repository list but commented out.

There's a good wine repository -
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt edgy main

I actually have a 64-bit system, but the couple 64-bit linux distros I tried when I got the system just never worked how I wanted, so I'm sticking with a 32-bit install until someone puts together a good bi-arch system. I don't want the hassle of doing a chroot install for so much of the software I use.

Flash and Java work in Firefox if you use a 32-bit version of it.

<ftp://ftp.uar.net/pub>

contains everything u need for linux