On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:50:34 +0100
John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A question for you all, one that's been exercising me: where do you find
> out about applications?
> Do you read about them on the net or in mags, think it sounds
> interesting, then look it up in synaptic?
>
I find that the Getdeb site is very useful. you can search by 'latest',
'keyword', 'catagory' etc etc.
You can also set your default distro so it only lists debs for your
specific setup.
http://www.getdeb.net/
Rgds Ken
On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 21:50 +0100, John Levin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A questi
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 09:50:34PM +0100, John Levin wrote:
> A question for you all, one that's been exercising me: where do you find
> out about applications?
Through blog posts, news articles, twitter and identi.ca feeds most often.
Recent examples for me include GNOME-Do and Gwibber. I disco
Trial and error! I've used lots of Linux distributions and apps just by
installing, testing, then removing. You'll find what suits you
eventually I think. :) Just take time! Also I check on forums and google
reviews of software.
BinaryDigit on UbuntuForums.org
Lizzeh.com
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On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 09:50:34PM +0100, John Levin wrote:
> A question for you all, one that's been exercising me: where do you find
> out about applications?
aptitude search
I've used http://freshmeat.net quite a bit in the past, but the package
repositories in Debian/Ubuntu are so comprehen
On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 21:50 +0100, John Levin wrote:
> Hi all,
Hi John,
> If you have a particular need (say, cataloguing pdfs), how would you go
> about finding a suitable app? How would you google, where would you ask?
For this particular case I am a big fan of the debtags search interface
at
John Levin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A question for you all, one that's been exercising me: where do you find
> out about applications?
> Do you read about them on the net or in mags, think it sounds
> interesting, then look it up in synaptic?
> If you have a particular need (say, cataloguing pdfs)
Hi all,
A question for you all, one that's been exercising me: where do you find
out about applications?
Do you read about them on the net or in mags, think it sounds
interesting, then look it up in synaptic?
If you have a particular need (say, cataloguing pdfs), how would you go
about finding