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echo: rberrypi
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from: R.WIESER
date: 2019-11-04 12:24:00
subject: Re: file -i vs xdg-mime q

Roger,

> Look at where they got installed from

:-)   All I did was to copy the contents of a NOOBS zip to a micro-sd card
and than let its do its thing.  In other words, I didn't install anything.

> xdg-mime (in Debian at least) comes from xdg-utils which are "desktop
> integration utilities from freedesktop.org"

I'm afraid that I currently have very little-to-no knowledge as to how I
should do such a track-back (to the package).   :-\    (Linux newbie with a
DOS/Windows programming background).

> There is very little documentation on this stuff beyond the individual
> program level, because writing documentation isn't fun compared
> with programming.

:-)  Yup.

Remember how much the authors have been paid for all this stuff (nothing).

But ... but ... I /need/ it !   Couldn't they have thought of that ! :-p

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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