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   Carlos E.R. to bad sector   
   Re: is this ng dead too now?   
   10 Dec 22 14:31:01   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2022-12-10 06:24, bad sector wrote:   
   > On 12/9/22 21:45, Malcolm wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 21:10:33 -0500   
   >> bad sector  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> How come nvidia and packman repos are both gone from the Leap   
   >>> community repos list in Yast but update attempts fail because they   
   >>> cannot be accessed? Why do I have to muck with repos at all, why   
   >>> doesn't yast (after all Leap is not some 'tumblehouse' but a   
   >>> 'finished product')?   
   >>>   
   >> Hi   
   >> I saw another user on IRC was having issues with third party repos last   
   >> evening, nvidia and packman, maybe your locale?   
   >   
   > I don't think there are many linux users within   
   > 500 clicks of my locale & i don't do irc   
      
   Well, your loss. You have to ask other users where they are listening,   
   not where you'd like them to be.   
      
      
   >   
   >> Nvidia I get to, I use neither nvidia or packman but how is the   
   >> distribution responsible for repositories maintained/controlled by third   
   >> parties?   
   >   
   > I neither know nor care, actually without nvidia   
   > for my google-earth and without packmanm for my   
   > music but with systemd I have less then no use   
   > for Leap. It's possible that I could go after   
   > nvidia drivers but I never did anything similar   
   > with packman, still it's starting to resemble   
   > a surgeon zapping me out of anesthesia saying   
   > "I removed your cancer, now you stitch yourself   
   > back together". I don't suppose those two repos   
   > put themselves into or removed themselves from   
   > Yast's community repos list, did they?   
      
      
   Plonk   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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