Re: [LAU] Audio distros

On 02/16/2013 08:23 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 06:04:24PM -1000, david wrote:
>> On 02/16/2013 05:10 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
>>> Of course, if you were running a truly minimum desktop, you don't even
>>> need synaptic because apt-get is installed anyway.
>>
>> I find synaptic a much-easier way to manage packages than the
>> cryptic command lines of apt-get or dpkg. For instance, I can easily
>> see what a particular package recommends and decide if I want to
>> also include one or more the recommendations.
>
> That what "apt-cache policy <pkgname>", and "apt-cache show <pkgname>"
> are for. I don't see how you can call the command lines crptic!

OK. How can I use apt-get to tell me exactly what "pkgname" is when I
don't know what the package is named? Or grab a package's changelog?

> Also my comment was just pointing out that if you have synaptic
> installed you can't honestly claim that you have a "truly minimum
> desktop"

I don't claim to have a "truly minimum desktop" installed. I used to
work with a whitehat hacker Linux admin who never installed X on a
system. He didn't need it. That's a truly minimal desktop!

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