How do you learn what the various KDE apps are and do?

ckiraly · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 50

So I'm relatively new to linux.

I have Ubuntu installed, and I have Gentoo installed now. (I used to have FC3 installed, but it didn't play nice at all with ext3 and /boot or /home - so I killed it and switched to reiserfs with ubuntu)

My Gentoo, I like so far, as it seems very fast. I loaded KDE 3.4 with a minimum install (based on the Wiki page).

My question is this... how do I learn what the various programs are in kde? For example, with FC3, I used Terminal Services to connect in to my work pc (windows), but I don't see terminal services as an option in the portage tree...

Is there a site/page that shows what the different apps are and do?

I guess that would apply for all of Gentoo Portage, and not just KDE, but I'm mainly looking at adding KDE stuff after the 3.4 install.

TIA -

- Chris

beandog · Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 5:25 am Post subject:

I like http://docs.kde.org/ Its a good start at least to see what kde-<package> has what programs. And, of course, there's the documentation, too.

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ugly_orc · n00b Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 54 Location: france

There are different ways to browse the applications in the portage tree. First, you can open your file manager in /usr/portage. In there, you will see all the categories and all the packages; then "emerge -s nameofpackage" will tell you more about a package. You can also use "emerge -S" (big s) to search for packages based on their description.

Then there is packages.gentoo.org. By default this site displays the recently updated packages. On the right, however is a small "categories" link that will let you browse online all the packages in portage.

And finally there are in portage a few portage frontend that will let you browse the packages with a gui. I personnaly use porthole (emerge porthole

).

The only problem is that for most packages the description string is very short, and won't help you much

. However there is always a link to the package's homepage. Hope that helps!
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zieloo · Veteran Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 1337

I recommend: http://gentoo-portage.com/

For more portage frontends look at: app-portage category - here http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=app-portage or just browse your local copy.

Levi · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 107

kuroo is a nice portage-frontend that integrates nicely with kde.
But I agree with the ugly orc: The Descriptions are way too short.