From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lateralus.bright.net ([205.212.123.70]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15reMz-0004sP-00 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2001 07:51:21 -0400 Received: from j8i3x3 ([209.143.18.54]) by lateralus.bright.net with SMTP id <20011011115118.IJYF28799.lateralus@j8i3x3> for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2001 07:51:18 -0400 Message-ID: <024101c1524a$d4eacde0$36128fd1@j8i3x3> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011011192206.021eadb0@mail> Subject: Re: which linux to go for Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 07:49:48 -0400 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 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 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, well, I would recommend strongly going with Slackware 8. Slackware 8 has been the distribution I have felt most happiest with. Slackware uses the tgz package system, comes with the stable 2.95.3 gcc compilers, native Speakup support for installation and post-installation, choice of 2.4.5 or 2.2.19 kernel, and a host of speech friendly apps. Some of my favorite apps are hangman game, mpg123, Workbone, sox, Emacs, lynx, pine, sc, and others. I've also used Red Hat versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, and 7.1 but my interest has faded. Red Hat 7.1 uses rpm package maniger which can at times be troublesome, uses the gcc 2.96 compilers which I don't like, comes with the 2.4.2 kernel and there is an update for 2.4.3.12kernel, and many of the same apps as Slackware. However, it doesn't come with some apps like hangman, mpg123, or Workbone. The standard release of Red Hat doesn't have native Speakup support, but I believe Bill has a modified release that does. However, Red Hat has some nice config utilities that Slackware lacks such as linuxconf, sndconfig, and a couple of others. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Keogh" To: Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 5:24 AM Subject: which linux to go for > Ok guys you've all probably been asked this hundreds of times before but > here goes. I know there's 3 main linux distributions out there but which > one's the best? Maybe that's too open a question. What's the main > differences between the 3 might be more what I'm after? > > Thanks in advance > > Danny Keogh > ICQ: 72503517 > mailto:dwkeogh@optushome.com.au > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >