Rpms for 'Other' distributions

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• Subject: Rpms for 'Other' distributions
• From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:30:32 +0000
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When I can't find a package with yum, I wonder whether it is safe to install a 
package simply designated 'Other' such as 

Other 	
ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/i/im/imgseek/imgSeek-0.8.2-1.i386.rpm

I assume these packages are safe enough, but does it mean that they are so 
generic that they will work, but not necessarily be optimised?

Anne

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