(I do sometimes use apt-cache search ^[applicationname], but depending on the application it might not help that much, and it requires that know what specific application you want, vs. something general like ‘a cd burning application’)
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.
… I’ll just duckduckgo it instead.
(I do sometimes use
apt-cache search ^[applicationname], but depending on the application it might not help that much, and it requires that know what specific application you want, vs. something general like ‘a cd burning application’)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 appearsapt-cache searchalready 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.