Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4237 mails)

[Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 23 August 2004 17:50, Robert A. Rawlinson wrote:
> What I mean is the names of programs. When I want to do something
> I do not know the name of the program which will do what I want.
> I know that linux has a rich set of programs and many will do the
> same things. However learning the names and what they do is a big
> challenge. Is there someplace where there is a list of the
> programs and what they do or a x ref between the one windows
> program and the many linux programs.

In addition to my previous mail (that I really would like answered), in an 
effort to avoid charges of "not being constructive", let me tell you what I 
do

When I find an application I know nothing about, I go to freshmeat.org and 
search for the name. In 99% of the cases, that will give me a brief 
description of the program, plus a link to the home page of it

In the few cases where the program isn't listed on freshmeat, I use google to 
find the program's home page

In addition, the package manager nearly always has a (very) brief text 
describing what the program is about