Re: New to the list

["Erik Heil" <eheil@patmedia.net>]

Hello there.  Are their any RPM packages for the 2.6X kernel for Fedora?  I
tried compiling a custom kernel but what resulted is that the RPM database
still thought that I was running 2.4.22.  Unfortunately, I couldn't edit the
RPM database directlry, BC it is in binary form, and not human-readable.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@rednote.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: New to the list


> Welcome, Brice.
>
> You've come to the right place to ask for help. I'll chime in and give you
my two cents, and I know others will do the same. Your job, should you
choose to accept it, will be to decide among the potentially conflicting
suggestions. What can I say--that's the world of Linux where there are more
choices than one can shake a stick at.
>
> But, let's get down to business.
>
> If you don't want the Win 98 -- plan to just dump it. The Linux
installation process will take care of that without further ado.
>
> You're in great shape with that internal Doubletalk. You've hit the
jackpot, in fact. Leave that where it is.
>
> You should read some to get oriented on what's involved in a Linux
installation. I recommend the HOWTO on installing the Speakup Modified
Fedora Core of Linux available at:
>
> http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/fedora/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
>
> However, helpful as this doc may be, you can't install Fedora because you
only have 48 megs of RAM (unless you add some, of course). You also can't
install Suse.
>
> So, I expect you'll be choosing between Debian and Slackware, possibly
Gentoo, though I'm not sure about the minimal requirements for Gentoo.
Someone here will tell you.
>
> I do want to say that what you have will work quite well--though you won't
be doing graphical Linux probably with this system. I happen to have a 200
Mhz Pentium with only 32 Mb RAM that's running Debian just fine.
>
> There are a set of install disks on the Speakup site that you can use to
start the installation. You should get them and start installing. It doesn't
matter of you don't get it right right away, because you have nothing to
lose on this machine.
>
> If you do as I did with Debian and the disks on the Sp[eakup site there
are two things to keep in mind:
>
> That particular release is fairly old. You will want to upgrade it once
it's installed. Fortunately, it's easier to upgrade once your Linux is up
and running than it is to get to that point in the first place.
>
> There's a very good HOWTO at the Debian site about installation that you
should also read up on.
>
> Again, welcome to Speakup.
>
> Brice Mijares writes:
> > Hello All,  I'm new to the list and am going to need some help.
> > I have an older computer that has been sitting around here for a couple
of
> > years and decided to put it to some use.  It's a P-200, with 48 megs of
ram,
> > and currently it has win 98, and a PC double talk synthesizer.
> > I want to teach myself Linux, but I should say, I've got a little
experience
> > with it, or better yet, UNIX.  Now, what's the best way to go about
this,
> > meaning do I want to dump win 98 since I don't need it, and do a clean
> > install of Linux.  If so, Which  package should I go with
> > Also, will there be any speech as I do the installation?  I'm sure there
is
> > more questions I should ask, but  until I get going, I don't know what
> > further to ask.
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>
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