From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net ([24.116.0.122]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ALPYU-0005BX-00 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 11:15:18 -0500 Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net ([10.116.0.122]) by scanmail2.cableone.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.687.68); Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:09:52 -0700 Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net [24.116.0.122] by scanmail2.cableone.net (SMTPD32-7.04) id A150527C0122; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:09:52 -0700 Received: from desktop (24-116-90-244.cpe.cableone.net [24.116.90.244]) by mail.cableone.net with SMTP (MailShield v2.04 - WIN32 Jul 17 2001 17:12:42); Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:09:51 -0700 Message-ID: <005401c3ac5c$d3c86440$6d00a8c0@desktop> From: "Glenn Ervin at home" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <001501c3ac05$fa93a5a0$becc1a42@triad.rr.com> <20031116143029.GC31860@gmx.net> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 10:15:18 -0600 Organization: from Home 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 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-SMTP-HELO: desktop X-SMTP-MAIL-FROM: GlennErvin@cableone.net X-SMTP-PEER-INFO: 24-116-90-244.cpe.cableone.net [24.116.90.244] Subject: Re: Debian or slackware? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn Ervin at home , "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, 16 Nov 2003 16:15:19 -0000 Alex, is there another site to download slackware? The link you provided seems to either be a bad link, or the site is down at the time. Glenn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" To: "Jes and guide dog Harley" ; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:30 AM Subject: Re: Debian or slackware? Hi. I would go with slackware. it was my first distro and I still use it. I found it's install easier since the latest version comes with speakup stock and this is not the case with debian. one more advantage is slackware comes on only 2 cd's (actually 4 but that last two are source code). so all you need is on those first 2 disks. if you don't want gnome or kde you only need the first cd but the second one is also a really cool rescue disk so it's worth downloading. you can get the iso images from ftp://ftp.eunet.be/pub/linux/slackware/slackware-9.1-iso On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 12:53:30AM -0500, Jes and guide dog Harley wrote: > Folks, I have a few questions about my first installation of Linux. I'm wondering since I am a total newby, if I should go with > debian woodie/potato first, or try slackware 9.1 for a trial run? I don't need a lot of packages right now, I want a lot but don't > need a lot for an introduction to Linux, and I figure that if I'm going to get really introduced to it the less packages, the > better. This way, I can be more focused on the structure of the operating system itself, rather than on what packages do what and > which ones I have installed, etc. My final question is, I know that to install Debian's packages you must have an iso image of the > cd unless you want to do a network install (which I'm not planning on.) but what about slackware? If I have to have an iso image, > where do I get the cd images? > Thanks a lot for any help. > Jes > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup