From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout5-1.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.169] helo=mailout5.nyroc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 175Wdy-0003y9-00 for ; Wed, 08 May 2002 14:58:31 -0400 Received: from akp.selfhost.com (roc-66-24-102-100.rochester.rr.com [66.24.102.100]) by mailout5.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.6/Road Runner 1.12) with SMTP id g48IwEO21079 for ; Wed, 8 May 2002 14:58:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19178 invoked by uid 1000); 8 May 2002 18:58:27 -0000 From: Ann Parsons MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15577.30035.379984.529429@akp@eznet.net> Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 14:58:27 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Why does it need that much hard disk space? In-Reply-To: <20020508183711.GA1880@kb5elv> References: <20020508183711.GA1880@kb5elv> X-Mailer: VM 7.01 under Emacs 20.7.2 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 Buddy, Nope, you explained it very well indeed. Now, care to take the next step, which I am not knowledgeable enough to try? Send a short list of the things that are *really* needed in a Linux installation. Lemme see if I can start. First, you need the kernel. then you need some kind of editor, VI Emax whatever, an editor. You'll probably want the C libraries for yourself, or for anyone tinkering on your system. You'll want Lynx and its attendant libraries. You'll want the curses stuff too. You'll want the alsa stuff for your sound card and its attendant stuff. You'll want a mailer, Pine, MUT or something. You'll want the stuff for your network card if you have one or the PPP stuff for dialup. That should do you, I think. Have I forgotten anything, Buddy? Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT