On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 13:37, Andy Green wrote: > >>> machine with 'everything' installed, how are you supposed to > >>> find out what is available and if you like it? > >> Lots of packages can be installed and not really discoverable from the > >> system menus. If a commandline utility goes in /usr/bin then unless you > >> know the name you will likely never be aware of it (I guess apropos > >> might help). So "install everything" so I can try things is really > >> "bloat me" with many things I will never know I have. > > > > OK, how do you try out those things? If you are content with > > the packages from years ago, why install a new system at all? > > Sorry I didn't understand how that applied to what I said. For the > record I like new stuff that is better than the old stuff. My point was > that "install everything" is not the same as "discover everything". OK, then explain the process of discovering everything without installing it first. That might save me a lot of time. I don't remember saying anything about menus, though - how do you find the new command line programs when they and their corresponding man pages aren't installed? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
