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I'm new to Linux. I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and I want to find additional open source free software packages available for installation. I tried to add other software sources to the Ubuntu Software applications but after a lengthy process of updating the available applications by downloading updates, the new software repositories don't show and I have the exact same packages available as I always had. I used a repository list generator website to find the URL for the repositories to add.

Obviously I'm doing something stupid? I don't think I yet fully understand how repositories work despite much reading about it. Is it like having multiple Windows Stores? Or multiple Android Google Plays???

Thanks in advance for any help at all which would be greatly appreciated.

johnnym

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Well, in Xubuntu you can install software from repositories but it's not the only place that you can achieve free open software. You can search at google the program that you want and you can find a lot of alternatives in Ubuntu Systems. For example, you can install skype for Ubuntu Systems in their official page, and you can find beta versions programs for linux too, then I encourage you to ask here if you dont find the software that you wanna install on your Ubuntu :)!

If you wanna list all your availables packages via terminal:

How to list packages from a ppa/source in command line?

Nikasha Von carstein
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