[geeks] UNIX-like OS for a laptop [solved, for now, I think]

[Sheldon T. Hall]

Saith Geoffrey S. Mendelson
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 07:35:37AM -0700, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> > Anyone know where they keep the list of installable package names?
> > "postfix" I could guess, but stuff like "netkit-inet" is 
> > pretty hard to figure out from scratch.
> 
> I've never been able to figure it out. I do:
> 
> 	apt-get install "<package name string>~"
> 
> the squiggle being a wild card wich makes it equivalent 
> to *string*
> 
> and then answer no when it asks me permission to install 50 
> packages. :-)

Heh.  I never would have guessed "wildcard" ... that's a neat trick!  I'll
use it.

Thanks.

-Shel