HPR1429: Debian sources.list

Honkeymagoo and Kevin Wisher discuss the Debian GNU Linux sources.list file, and the many ways it can be used to personalize your Debian distro

The site that gives most of the information about the sources.list file: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html

Mirror sites list: https://www.debian.org/mirror/list

A site that can help you make a sources.list file: https://debgen.simplylinux.ch/

2 good sites to learn about apt-pinning: https://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html https://www.howtoforge.com/a-short-introduction-to-apt-pinning

The Debian multimedia repository: https://www.deb-multimedia.org/

Default sources.list file for US:

deb https://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main
deb-src https://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main

deb https://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main
deb-src https://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

deb https://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main
deb-src https://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main 

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