From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt19a-174.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([208.40.47.174] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15BiyQ-0008RG-00 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:16:43 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f5HKP9n00375 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 15:25:09 -0500 Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 15:24:48 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: FAQ gally2: System Requirements Message-ID: <20010617152448.D313@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <20010617111021.A4957@uark.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20010617111021.A4957@uark.edu>; from ccn@uark.edu on Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 11:10:21AM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 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: Which windows? A 486 runs win 3.x very decently. Greg On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 11:10:21AM -0500, Chris Nestrud wrote: > You could mention that anything which runs Windows haf-way decently > should work well with linux. This is just meant to assure new users > that, if they're using their computer for Windows tasks, it's likely to > work well with linux. > > Chris > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 12:04:03PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > I don't think it's useful to leave the minimum system requirement as it > > is. While it is academically true that one can run linux with speakup on a > > 386 or 486 system, doing so is a little bit more dificult than our blithe > > comments suggest. It seems to me that most people here on out will use > > some of the canned installation distributions, Debian, Slack, Redhat, > > where speakup is already compiled in. How well do these support > > installations on older chips with only a few hundred megabytes of hard > > disk space? If they do that well--never mind this post. But, if not, let's > > not steer people wrong. > > > > > > Suggestion: > > > > Installation on older computers is not advised for people who've never > > installed linux before. It's just harder, much harder, to get it > > working. For > > best results, especially if you want to listen to Real Audio and mp3s, > > you should use a Pentium system with a hard disk that has several > > gigabytes of space. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup