From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 205-158-62-79.outblaze.com ([205.158.62.79] helo=smtp2.us4.outblaze.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19AhAx-0007ry-00 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:18:28 -0400 Received: (qmail 22905 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2003 02:17:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Travelmate) (ssawczyn?email.com@64.222.239.142) by 205-158-62-79.outblaze.com with SMTP; 30 Apr 2003 02:17:53 -0000 From: "Steven M. Sawczyn" To: Subject: RE: Which distribution? Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:17:51 -0400 Message-ID: <000901c30ebe$b47b2410$6401a8c0@Travelmate> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-Reply-To: <007201c30e09$8055b160$b2849641@tward1978> Importance: Normal Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I'd like to thank you and everyone who has replied to my post. One aspect of Debian which appealed to me was its ability to auto-download packages as needed. Is this a feature specific to Debian, or can Slackware and/or redhat do the same thing? Would it be just as easy to search for packages when I actually need them? Can anyone compare the installation of Debian to that of Slackware? Again, thanks for all help, Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Thomas D. Ward > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12:41 AM > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: Which distribution? > > > Hi, Red Hat does have a text install. You type a command like: > > text speakup_synth=synth > > where synth is the name of your synth. > The problem most have is they must absolutely select the > speakup keymap > during the install or the install will not talk vary well at all. > As for what Linux is best that ends up a users choice. Red Hat is vary > popular because it has good hardware detection, is the > easiest Linux to > setup, has a large list of packages, and is becoming an > industry standard. > However, some users love editing files, getting into the guts > of there Linux > os, Debian and Slakware seam to apeal to those users. > If you are like me and don't want to customize everything > under the sun Red > hat will apeal to you. If you are one who likes to do > everything from the > ground up, edit configurations, and customize to your hearts > desire, then > debian or Slack may be a better choice. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steven M. Sawczyn > To: Speakup > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:58 PM > Subject: Which distribution? > > > > Greetings, I'm wondering if someone might advise me as to > which Linux > > distribution is the easiest to install using Speakup? Eventually, I > > want to get both Speakup and Emacspeak up and running. > > > > Earlier today, I tried installing Redhat, but found the > menus extremely > > difficult to navigate with Speakup. Not sure if there's a > text-based > > install for Redhat, so the process may have been harder > than it needed > > to be. I've also heard very good things about Debian, but > have never > > used it myself and am not sure what the installation > process is like. > > > > Any comments/suggestions/help greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >