From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.68]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DwjRs-0003xc-00 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:35:32 -0400 Received: from [67.185.140.244] (helo=homea8jg9wply4) by smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DwjRp-00041n-Nv for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:35:30 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=test1; d=earthlink.net; h=Message-ID:Reply-To:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=KtS/YsrV2LZHZCz63vlw6HUFLtX3LMVL5+81csEgKY1lPbfMFbHyJOLPV7d+xyVS; Message-ID: <000901c5906d$b6ebd130$650fa8c0@homea8jg9wply4> From: "hank smith" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050724085239.GA21197@hhs48.com> <20050724160444.GA15734@hhs48.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 09:35:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-ELNK-Trace: 26c683a02984a6448aa916b1a551c5b9239a348a220c26096de5b66a2cb029a1f6bd8518728e3385a2d4e88014a4647c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 67.185.140.244 Subject: Re: Speakup installation X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: hank smith , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 16:35:32 -0000 and you need all 14 cds? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hallenbeck" To: ; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Speakup installation > No typo. The complete Debian package comes on 14 CD's, that's fourteen, > ten plus four, The point being that I simply assumed you would know I > meant Debian. > > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 09:26:51AM -0600, Steve Dawes wrote: > > Chuck, > > > > It isn't quite that bad. Your type'o has suggested that a full install is 14 > > cds. I think you meant to say 4 cds. If you install all source in addition > > to all the binaries, you end up with 7 or 8 cds or 2 dvds. > > > > The problem I have with the selecting everything, or doing the full install, > > is that it is the easy way out. Yes it works, but it installs a lot of > > unnecessary stuff and uses up a lot of resources. A good case in point is > > that it installs both kde and gnome. > > Additionally, it doesn't install absolutely everything as it implies, it > > installs almost everything on the binary disks and you need to install the > > source separately if you wish to. This approach also does nothing in > > teaching how to set up a system with only the packages you need and want. > > > > If you are only going to be using console based programs, there is no need > > to install any of the kde or gnome packages. It is incredible how much space > > can be saved when you take this approach. > > > > Now I am not knocking the installation howto that Janina has written. I am > > saying that what it does is a quick and easy install that gets the first > > time user up-and-running on Linux. What I would like to see however, is > > something that tells the user where they can find out more information on > > how to trim down their installation to only the packages they are going to > > use included in the howto. A simple reference to the Linux document page > > does nothing to direct a new or novice user to good information about > > creating a smaller or tidier installation. > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > Steve Dawes > > Calgary Canada. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (85% of Full) > But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 7/22/2005 > >