On 23/01/07, Ken Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
by browsing I meant looking for things that I did not know what I wanted , having a list of things in my head, but if something sounded like it might solve a problem that I had that wasn't on the list then I would check it out too. Finding the things that I didnt know that I needed. any searching tool is goal directed, which is excellent for stuff you know of, but wont lead you into what you don't already know.
I'm not sure I got my message through correctly - apt-cache will search in the package descriptions, which many times will mention the keywords you could think up while searching. It's not perfect but it generally comes up with useful answers when I look for stuff (I can't tell when it misses something if I don't know about it, can I?) If you still want to browse then maybe the Aptitude debtags view (or equivalent forms in other tools) could help with that (just remember that current package count in Debian Etch is 18724). Cheers, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
