From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc54.attbi.com ([216.148.227.87]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 175YgG-00015z-00 for ; Wed, 08 May 2002 17:09:00 -0400 Received: from mycomputer ([24.62.38.105]) by rwcrmhc54.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020508210832.CCBN25765.rwcrmhc54.attbi.com@mycomputer> for ; Wed, 8 May 2002 21:08:32 +0000 Message-ID: <009001c1f6d4$54d17f80$02263e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <004701c1f6d3$56f650c0$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> Subject: Re: Why does it need that much hard disk space? Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 17:07:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 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: Hi Cecil. How have you used Freebsd and Solaris? Well I know a friend = who actually has several Linux boxes and a Solaris machine. Did you use = something like Yasr for running on Freebsd? You can reply to me off-list = on this. But now you've got me interested! My address is = igueths@attbi.com. Hope to hear from you regarding the Freebsd though.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Cecil H. Whitley To: Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 5:00 PM Subject: Re: Why does it need that much hard disk space? > Hi, > First of all I need to declare my bias. I selected redhat for my = desktop. > Now, with that said I must also point out that I also use freebsd, = solaris > (various versions) and even tried debian. Why did I choose redhat? = Simple, > not very technical, I loaded it on servers at work because Dell = supports it. > Since I have to work with it at work I might as well use it at home. >=20 > Redhat, and probably any distribution of linux can be cut down to a = floppy. > You can't do that with windows. In fact, NT/2000/xp take three/four = disks > just to boot. Linux also takes a lot less memory to run (and run well = I > might add). Redhat distributes several x-windows based front ends = (Gnome, > KDE, windows maker, etc). There is a lot of desktop dependant apps = which > get loaded depending on which front-ends you choose to load. The = important > word there is choose. You can load everything (an actual menu = selection), > particular catagories, or individual packages. I believe that this is = the > same or similar in nearly all distro's. The easiest way to trim the = size of > any distribution is to not load x-windows. That will drastically cut = the > disk space requirements without removing any functionality you will = need. >=20 > I guess the short answer is that yes, you can select for 3gb or more = of > stuff to be loaded, but on windows you can get the same effect (with = less > functionality) by loading the full operating system (not typical) and > netscape, m.s. office, Lotus smartsuite, Lotus Notes, your speech = package, > Visual "c", Visual C++, CYGWIN, Photoshop, IIS, Exchange, SQL server, = and > the list goes on and on. The 5 CD's that make up the RedHat = distribution > contains much much more than just an OS. The same goes for Slackware, > Debian, and just about any other distribution of Linux (no offense to = anyone > who's distribution didn't make it in my list, it's just my ignorance). >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Cecil >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup