Oliver, Probably the best source of info for this is RPMDrake (that's Software Manager under System in Control Center). You can look in here at packages grouped by type. If you click on one, you'll get a description of what it is. There are two lists, one for packages you have installed and one that's installable.
HTH Brian On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 23:58, Oliver Thieke wrote: > Hi out there at the screens ! > > After struggling one week getting a dual-boot > PC installed with NT 4.0 and man8.1 (and finally > succeeding ;-) ) I'm starting to exploring the > mandrake-system. > I did the install in expert mode and chose the > packages one by one. But I didn't write it all down. > Now I am wondering whether there is some list out > there listing all the packages in the 3-CD-edition. > (I know I might be able to get it by hand from the > cd looking for all the rpm-files, then searching for > each package in the web...). > Ideally I would look for a list sorting the packages > by area (as done in the install GUI), providing a short > description of the package and maybe a link to the > project's home site... > I just want to find out what packages I really need > and what some packages are really for (vim, postgresql, > apache, samba - thats all obvious, but there were also > a lot packages I encountered the fist time). > > I googled for such a list - nothing (just some compile > list for PPC-packages). I searched the mandrake-website > (search-function, product area m8.1) - nothing. > I had the same question some time ago for the cygwin > packages and I got from the mailing list some nice > links (on private sites and lists). > > Thanx in advance from Berlin > > Oliver Thieke > > > > .======================================. > |* *| > |* O. THIEKE *| > |* *| > |* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *| > |* *| > |* Fon: ++49-(0)30-26009-220 *| > |* *| > |* Verlag Der Tagesspiegel *| > |* - Admin / Development - *| > |* - I T / PrePress - *| > |* B.E.R.L.I.N *| > |* *| > |* http://www.tagesspiegel.de *| > |* http://www.zitty.de *| > |* http://www.meinberlin.de *| > |* *| > '======================================' > .________. .________. > > rerum /| |\ causas < > -------/_|________|_\-------- > | cognoscere | > *------------* > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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