On 9/9/13, lina <lina.lastn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 09,September,2013 06:51 PM, Darac Marjal wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 06:41:50PM +0800, lina wrote: >>> What is the purpose of the dictd, do I need a local server? for dict? >> >> dictd is the server for the dict dictionary client. You don't NEED a >> local server if you have access to another server elsewhere (you'll >> notice that the dict package only suggests dictd). If you have internet >> access, you can try one of the servers at >> http://www.dict.org/w/servers/start. > > That's why I am confused, thanks, I have purged it.
For me, it is part of my 'standard' desktop install. Two reasons - one, my learning process is information that google or some dictionary server might like to know about and privacy is something that is lived, a preference I have - two, I have gotten used to instantaneous dictionary lookups, it's hard to accept anything less these days :) Good luck Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caosgnstg7nupve2zogjbqz8duhs5t2wyzs7ta+0g43gtdpn...@mail.gmail.com
