RE: [newbie] How do you figure out what's out there?

2002-11-08 Thread Kesav Tadimeti
Hi Gary, Why are you switching to Linux? I believe Solaris has an X86 version and version 9 is due to be released and it is more stable than Linux. Rgds, Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] How do you figure out what's out there?

2002-11-08 Thread Gary Armstrong
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Kesav Tadimeti Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 8:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] How do you figure out what's out there? Hi Gary, Why are you switching to Linux? I believe

[newbie] How do you figure out what's out there?

2002-11-07 Thread Gary Armstrong
Couple of questions from a true newbie: 1) How do you figure out the names of applications available to solve a particular need? 2) In particular, I'm looking for the best FREE case tool. I'm trying to demo argo(is there a better one?). The home page didn't appear to have an rpm. How do I know

Re: [newbie] How do you figure out what's out there?

2002-11-07 Thread Michael
What I generally do is search Google groups. You can find just about anything you want there. You can also download the JRE package, there is a link for it on http://mozilla.org you can use http://www.rpmfind.net to find rpm's But then again, a quick search of Google groups would have found

Re: [newbie] How do you figure out what's out there?

2002-11-07 Thread Spencer
On November 7, 2002 08:17 am, Gary Armstrong wrote: Couple of questions from a true newbie: 1) How do you figure out the names of applications available to solve a particular need? Google and rpmfind.net are your best friends. 2) In particular, I'm looking for the best FREE case tool. I'm

Re: [newbie] How do you figure out what's out there?

2002-11-07 Thread Charlie
On Thursday 07 November 2002 09:17 am, Gary Armstrong wrote: Couple of questions from a true newbie: 1) How do you figure out the names of applications available to solve a particular need? Depends on the need Gary. While you really don't need to know the names of applications in order to

Re: [newbie] How do you figure out what's out there?

2002-11-07 Thread Damian
El Jue 07 Nov 2002 13:17, Gary Armstrong escribió: Couple of questions from a true newbie: 1) How do you figure out the names of applications available to solve a particular need? Well, you can always search google, and if that fails.. you ask here ;o) 2) In particular, I'm looking for

Re: [newbie] How do you figure out what's out there?

2002-11-07 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 03:17, Gary Armstrong wrote: Couple of questions from a true newbie: 1) How do you figure out the names of applications available to solve a particular need? If you KNOW your need, you can check through heaps of different linux archives... http://sourceforge.net