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This project links 13 native package records across 8 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

These are catalog observations, not a guarantee of installation, compatibility, or upstream support.

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Alpine Linux 3.21: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 2 package records; Fedora 43: 2 package records; Fedora 44: 2 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 1 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.less: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.212 recordsAlpine Linux 3.222 recordsAlpine Linux 3.232 recordsFedora 432 recordsFedora 442 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.61 recordsopenSUSE Leap 16.01 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed1 records
OpenFactory diagram of linked package records. It is not an application screenshot.

Project identity

Project
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Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
13
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, fedora-43, fedora-44, opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
GPL-3.0-or-later OR BSD-2-Clause
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has more capabilities. Less allows you to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since less doesn't have to read the entire input file before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text editors (for example, vi). You should install less because it is a basic utility for viewing text files, and you'll use it frequently.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Alpine Linux 3.21

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    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source less

    668-r0

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    aarch64x86_64v3.21
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    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source less

    668-r0

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    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

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    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source less

    679-r0

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    aarch64x86_64v3.22
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    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source less

    679-r0

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    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

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    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source less

    685-r0

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    aarch64x86_64v3.23
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    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source less

    685-r0

    File pager (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

Fedora 43

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    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source less

    704-4.fc43

    A text file browser similar to more, but better

    aarch64x86_6443
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    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source less

    704-4.fc43

    Colorizers for less

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

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    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source less

    704-4.fc44

    A text file browser similar to more, but better

    aarch64x86_6444
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    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source less

    704-4.fc44

    Colorizers for less

    aarch64x86_6444

openSUSE Leap 15.6

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    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Productivity/Text/Utilities / source less

    643-150600.1.37

    Text File Browser and Pager Similar to more

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6

openSUSE Leap 16.0

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    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Productivity/Text/Utilities / source less

    668-160000.2.2

    Text File Browser and Pager Similar to more

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

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    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Productivity/Text/Utilities / source less

    704-1.3

    Text File Browser and Pager Similar to more

    x86_64tumbleweed

Project resources and further reading

Mapping provenance

Only source-backed identity signals create public cross-OS links. A reviewer can later approve or dispute an inferred relationship without rewriting native package history.

No field-level source record is published yet.