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meizirkki	2009-04-15 , 18:51
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Originally Posted by FRZ

What apps do you have running and where can I find them apps. I've been searching the web for debian apps and ubuntu but, its taking me forever.

Googling for software is what windows users do

it's not a good way to find apps for most linux distros, especially when using arm architecture. Hildonized apps (modified for the hildon-desktop used in Maemo and Mer) are available in Mer repository and they are installable via the Application Manager. All the ubuntu stuff is not hildonized, so it's not there. For Ubuntu apps, you have to use apt. Just goto XTerminal and type:

Code:

sudo apt-get install <name of package>

For another example:
If you want Arora web-browser, do the following:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

This downloads list of latest packages and their locations.

Code:

sudo apt-get install arora

This downloads and installs Arora from ubuntu repository.

If you want to search for packages, you can use apt-cache.

Code:

apt-cache search arora

gives you a list of packages that have something to do with word "arora"

There are some GTK application-managers like synaptic you could also try

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