CalcMaster 2000?!? Thats funny shit Paul. Thanks for
the laugh.
Dacia
--- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 27 May 2000, Oliver L. Plaine Jr. wrote:
>
> Hi Olly,
>
> >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.
>
> For this, a thing called book exists. When I started
> out with Linux
> (Redhat 5.0), I got myself a book called 'The
> Official RedHat 5 Linux
> guide'. A lot of things are explained in that,
> including RPM's. By the
> way: RPM stands for Redhat Package Manager. Another
> mystery solved.
>
> > 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?
>
> Run GnoRPM or Kpackage. You will find a nice
> tree-structure on the
> left. Click around a bit and on the right you will
> see a description of
> the purpose of the program. Including an uninstall
> button at your service,
> so if you don't like the program you can whop it
> away then and there.
>
> > 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?
>
> www.linuxberg.com
> www.linuxapps.com
> www.freshmeat.org
> www.yahoo.com and search for "linux app" and "linux
> program"
>
> > 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?.
>
> SAMBA is a general knowledge thing in the computer
> world, not specifically
> Unix. It is a tool to hook up windowze and Unix
> machines.
> Something about the program names to get used to,
> indeed. But again, on
> the above URL's you can find them. Look them up and
> read more.
> Originally Unix was a system that was only used by
> developers, and created
> by developers. Fast, simple, short commands.
>
> rm, cd, grep, nroff, which, vi, sed, su, those are
> some examples. I guess
> it has become a tradition for Unix-minded people to
> stay away from the
> Micro$oft naming conventions for programs a bit, to
> make a difference. To
> that, these programs are not commercial. THey are
> written by people who
> just have fun in writing programs and giving them
> away (that IS what they
> do). So if I had fun in writing a program called
> Wobbly that does some
> calculations, that is my prerogative. No business
> would probably get that,
> but then, a company BUYS stuff (normally). Which
> company would take a
> "Wobbly" program seriously? Bring it out as
> "Calcmaster 2000", and you can
> sell it.
>
> Paul
>
> )0(-----------------------------------)0(
>
> Finally I know how many stars there are:
> MANY!
>
> )0(----[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-------------)0(
> http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208
> Registered Linux User 174403
>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites.
http://invites.yahoo.com/
