RE: Speakup installation

["Jim Grimsby" <jimgrims@pacbell.net>]

Hi, the redhat documentation does explain all of this.  
Maybe we should all read all the documentation before you bitch.
Also remember that the documentation as writing is for basic new users
wanting an easy install.
I my self would tell people to install everything just so you have it.  
Like sam says from the lord of the rings "you will want it, if you have
not got it" 
Hth 

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Sean McMahon
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 11:10 AM
To: sdawes@telus.net; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Speakup installation


Good point, aren't computers supposed to be easy?  They really should
have info explaining, I mean as Janina said, "splainin'", how to make an
installation for small systems under 1gb.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dawes" <sdawes@telus.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 8:26 AM
Subject: RE: Speakup installation


> 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.
>
>
>
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