From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.83]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16VkfS-0007pS-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:40:10 -0500 Received: from cj2204215a ([68.50.5.81]) by femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20020130024014.BHYJ20646.femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com@cj2204215a> for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:40:14 -0800 Message-ID: <002a01c1a936$a1b97aa0$0100a8c0@mshome.net> From: "Amanda Lee" To: "Speakup@Braille.Uwo.Ca" Subject: RH 6.2 Versus RH 7.2 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:18:51 -0500 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: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Amanda Lee" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hmmm I know that it is likely that RH 6.2 with Speakup enabled does not have the most current version of Speakup patched into the Kernel but here's an interesting comment from a friend whose judgement I respect a good deal. So to the other experts herein, please share your thoughts. He prefers RH 6.2 for the following reason: RH 7.2 seems to be significantly slower, with lots more disk thrashing, and it's not just X Windows (although it's also significantly slower). So my question is... What is enabled in RH 7.2 that you won't see in RH 6.2 Amanda Lee Alexandria, VA