Hi all, It seems that there will always be someone asking about what a particular linux program does ie is it a browser, an email client, an emulator etc. I myself am always curious as to what is available. I am wondering if anyone knows of a site that defines what each of the linux packages is and does and that can be searched, so that if I was looking for emulators WINE, VMWare and CrossOverOffice would come up? And yes I know WINE is not an emulator :) Any ideas before I try and mess with Google search criteria to get an answer? -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Licenced ex-Windows user (apart from Quicken) Registered Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 ========================================================================
On Saturday 21 February 2004 10:00, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Hi all,
It seems that there will always be someone asking about what a particular linux program does ie is it a browser, an email client, an emulator etc. I myself am always curious as to what is available. A good source of programs and information is Freshmeat.net There are a heck of a lot of open source etc files there, with descriptions of what they do - you also have categorical indices too.
Don't know if this is what you were looking for, but... Jon
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 February 2004 06:59 am, The Purple Tiger wrote:
On Saturday 21 February 2004 10:00, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Hi all,
It seems that there will always be someone asking about what a particular linux program does ie is it a browser, an email client, an emulator etc. I myself am always curious as to what is available.
A good source of programs and information is Freshmeat.net There are a heck of a lot of open source etc files there, with descriptions of what they do - you also have categorical indices too.
Don't know if this is what you were looking for, but...
Jon
I've found a lot of useful information simply by poking around in YaST. Then again I've found a few comments such as "This program is essential for those who need it." :lol: It has often been the case that the program I find out on the net that solves a particular problem has been sitting on my DVD the whole time. STH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAN0+yH2SF0i7rrGwRAuaeAJ9Csq6ynPgeBZTwaizbzAESlav5GwCfSLH3 O0Scq3eGraHlsE64ObXnPEc= =V5VN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
The Saturday 2004-02-21 at 12:00 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
I am wondering if anyone knows of a site that defines what each of the linux packages is and does and that can be searched, so that if I was looking for emulators WINE, VMWare and CrossOverOffice would come up? And yes I know WINE is not an emulator :)
What about this? http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml It is not what you ask exactly, but it has a long list of programs, and clasified by what they do (in a short sentence). Most programs names have a link to their host site, and that is terribly nice. |The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux. |Last update: 16.07.2003. | |You can always find the last version of this table on the official site: |http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/. | |This page on other languages: Russian, Italian, Spanish, French, German. | |One of the biggest difficulties in migrating from Windows to Linux is the |lack of knowledge about comparable software. Newbies usually search for |Linux analogs of Windows software, and advanced Linux-users cannot answer |their questions since they often don't know too much about Windows :). |This list of Linux equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows |software is based on our own experience and on the information obtained |from the visitors of this page (thanks!). | |This table is not static since new application names can be added to both |left and the right sides. Also, the right column for a particular class |of applications may not be filled immediately. In future, we plan to |migrate this table to the PHP/MySQL engine, so visitors could add the |program themselves, vote for analogs, add comments, etc. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Saturday 2004-02-21 at 12:00 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
I am wondering if anyone knows of a site that defines what each of the linux packages is and does and that can be searched, so that if I was looking for emulators WINE, VMWare and CrossOverOffice would come up? And yes I know WINE is not an emulator :)
What about this?
http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml
It is not what you ask exactly, but it has a long list of programs, and clasified by what they do (in a short sentence). Most programs names have a link to their host site, and that is terribly nice. Not a bad display at all but the site could be a little more organized, sorry I just felt it was more an amateurish page with biggish text etc. A search feature would have been nice too, that actually works.
I think I'll stick to linux on TUCOWS and Google if I need to. -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Licenced ex-Windows user (apart from Quicken) Registered Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 ========================================================================
The Monday 2004-02-23 at 12:16 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Not a bad display at all but the site could be a little more organized, sorry I just felt it was more an amateurish page with biggish text etc. A search feature would have been nice too, that actually works.
It has not been updated for months, it seems. However, a text search is possible: after all, it is a single html file, so you can do a text search with your browser. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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