Ubuntu: Unsupported Sources

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Published on 2010-05-23T05:38:20Z Indexed on 2010/05/23 5:41 UTC
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What kind of software is available in that source tree ? Also what is the best way to see what kind of software is available in a repository ? I have always reluctant to enable it because I didn't want to wind up with an unstable system.

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