> As far as I can tell, any given application in the Debian > distribution is embedded in one of the *.deb files with any number of > other applications. Is there a document available that tells which > apps are contained in which *.deb packages?
Yep. Its in the Contents-* File. E.g. debian/hamm/Contents-i386.gz > other, similar applications), is there a document available which > gives a summary of the function, purpose and usage of the many and > varied applications available for Linux? Well, you can read one of the fine books about UNIX (My favourite is 'UNIX for the impatient'). But I think that approach would be rather boring. I suggest, you take one of the standard installations the installation program proposes to you. This should give you a rather well behaving System. As you get acquainted with Linux, you may want to tweak some tiny bits of your installation according to your personal taste. Stef
