When ever I try out a GNU/Linux distribution, the one thing which hound me atleast in the initial stages is the lack of awareness about additional repositories particularly the ones which contain software packages which are necessary to make working in Linux a complete experience. So the first time I tried Red Hat, I had to scrounge the Net to get the addresses of additional repositories because the servers which hosted the Red Hat official repositories were stretched to their limits and were dead slow and more over, they did not contain non-Free software.
When I tried Ubuntu, this travail was elevated to some extent partly due to the fact that the switches for enabling additional repositories which contained non-Free software was made available in the Linux distribution itself and also partly due to help from the strong active community revolving around it.
Now Vichar Bhatt, a staunch supporter of SuSE Linux - more so for its robustness and superior features, has compiled a collection of repositories which host packages meant for the SuSE Linux distribution though he is quick to point out that installing software from unverified repositories carry a slight security risk. Nevertheless his efforts are commendable. He has also provided a list of official SuSE repositories too which can be found here. Hopefully, the list will be updated as and when new repositories are made available.
