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[–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

... I'll just duckduckgo it instead.

(I do sometimes use apt-cache search ^[applicationname], but depending on the application it might not help as much as you'd think, and it requires that you know what specific application you want, vs. something general like 'a cd burning application')

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I understand what you mean, and tend to agree, although I had some success with zypper se -d '/CD.*burn/'—'CD.*(burn)|(writer)' produced more results than I'd like—for your example. It also appears apt-cache search already searches descriptions by default.

    Looking at results for just /CD/—amid the many poor results—it seems my earlier search missed some due to differing word usage, such as recording rather than burning, and whatnot.

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