try RPMDrake to see which RPMs are installed and to
uninstall the ones you don't want. There are pretty
good explanations for what the programs do too.
Dacia
--- "Oliver L. Plaine Jr."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> >what is in it?
> Sat, 27 May 2000 10:07:33
>
> How did all of you solve this problem when you were
> a newbie? I have
> hundreds of unknown to me programs on this
> Mandrake...I discover what
> they do by accident.
>
> Is there a listing of programs and RPM's decoded
> into
> something that will enable me to determine the
> purpose? or do I have
> to search them out one by one, only to discover that
> the program is
> not something I have a use for?
>
> I just found one that calculates "molecular
> weights"..I am
> sure it is an excellent program, but I am also sure
> there are many
> here that I could get more use from., if I only knew
> about them?
>
> To me it appears that program names and RPM
> listings are
> cryptic, the name SAMBA does not explain
> much....electric eyes? blue
> fish?...where is it explained?.
>
> thank you
> Olly P
> Biloxi
>
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