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 * http://backports.org/
  * DD, FLOSS, semi official
  * Provides packages from Debian testing, recompiled (and sometimes adapted) to run on stable Debian releases.

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External repositories provide application or versions that are not in the official ones. You can find some very interesting stuff there. Most of them are not managed by Debian project.We use the following tags to describe the repositories, to get an idea of the trust you can put in these repositories.

  • DD : The repository is managed by a Debian developer or a Debian maintainer
  • FLOSS: the repository contains only free/opensource software
  • COM: the repository is backed by an external commercial identity. These tags can be combined

NB: The http://apt-get.org/ package search engine, covers many inofficial repositories, but is now outdated.

Here is a list of known places :