How do you know what app is available from where, and by what name?

[Hodgins Family]

Want to add to my last post that googling is good for getting "reviews" 
about other's experiences, rather like this one about Opera: 
http://www.livejournal.com/users/daveman692/187645.html Don't know what the 
current situation is.

YMMV Good luck

Rob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wade Smart" <wade at wadesmart.com>
To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:42 AM
Subject: How do you know what app is available from where, and by what name?


> 12132005 0837 GMT-5
>
> Im still not clear on some things with Linux.
> Lets start with this: I like to use Opera sometimes instead of Firefox so, 
> I want to download it. But since its not in Synaptic, I do sudo apt-get 
> install opera. I receive a message saying its not available by that name.
>
> How do you know know what the application you want is named as? Is it 
> named as opera and the version number? Or some other scheme?
>
> How do you learn about that?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Wade
>
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