From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cmailg6.svr.pol.co.uk ([195.92.195.176]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16t0xq-0004Vw-00 for ; Thu, 04 Apr 2002 01:43:18 -0500 Received: from modem-1781.wolf.dialup.pol.co.uk ([217.134.86.245] helo=so15906x1) by cmailg6.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 16t0xo-0005vF-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 04 Apr 2002 07:43:16 +0100 Message-ID: <002501c1dba3$92b6f2e0$f55686d9@so15906x1> From: "Saqib Shaikh" To: References: Subject: Re: which distro of linux do I use? Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 07:40:11 +0100 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 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 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 would still say that Zipspeak would be the most convenient method of installing on a shared computer. Could you possibly give more details on what you mean by "it won't detect my c drive"? Do you mean that you can't boot into dos? REgards, Saqib ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ameer Armaly" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: which distro of linux do I use? Hi Guys. Well, I've gotten tired of waiting for the chance for a new pc and decided to put linux on the family computer. I of course plan to make lilo come up with a boot prompt so I can boot windows. I just want to try linux, but I can't get into dos and run zipspeak because it won't ditect my C drive when I try changing dirs to it I think debian, because it can install over ftp, but slackware has an easier install. Which one do you think would be good for a newbee?