Thanks for the feedback and the invite to the meetings.
I guess that much of the content of these emails is soo far above my head I assumed the meets would be the same.
To clarify my question about repos, my understanding was that "mostly" linux is a core kernel that at some particular point is basically the same, some distros use the cutting edge version others stay back a bit.
If there's broadly a common basis and one overcomes the packaging differences (why can't they all be the same?), and the dependencies work themselves out shouldn't the bits basically all work.
Anyways I don't really need a further response re repos as I have got the message from you guys that its best not to mix it up, and I suppose that the mainstream packages will appear in all the main repositories.
It comes from not wanting to miss out on stuff it's the same thing that leads me to try different distros, Peppermint currently.
Anyways, I didn't really get what the stuff about SFD was, but as I live near Syleham that location would get my vote for a meeting.
Cheers
Steve Card