From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe000e5c8e7877-cm000e5c6d3d16.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([69.198.199.110] helo=eden.wasaga.dyns.net ident=mail) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cfs2c-0000Uk-00 for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:47:30 -0500 Received: from terry by eden.wasaga.dyns.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1Cfs2b-0000Dg-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:47:29 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:47:29 -0500 From: "Terry D. Cudney" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041219034729.GA736@rogers.com> References: <002d01c4e56d$1f0bf5d0$6a00a8c0@desktop> <20041219020541.GA1454@zeus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041219020541.GA1454@zeus> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Subject: Re: Debian or Fedora X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 03:47:30 -0000 Hi Glen and Tom, et al, I just installed Debian on a new system, using a 3-floppy set to get started and everything else was installed from the 'net. It has speakup in the kernel, so it talks all the way through the install.... beautiful. As for space requirements, debian has always been consistently smaller than redhat/fedora for a base install since redhat/fedora installs so much by default. PLEASE, NO FLAMES about "my-distribution-is-better-than-your-distribution". Just my experience, for what it's worth.Debian's 'apt' package manager makes it extremely easy to install 'just" the packages that you want. hth, --terry On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 09:05:41PM -0500, Tom Moore wrote: > If you wish to use Debian there is a cd image out there that will you > to install the Sarge release on to your machine with Speakup. > > http://people.debian.org/~shane > Look there for the install cd. > > Tom > > On Sat, Dec > 18, 2004 at 07:50:30PM -0600, Glenn at home wrote: > > I have a computer hooked to my network that I am planning on installing > > Linux onto. > > It only has a 25 GB hard drive, and I want at least 20 GB for FTP files. > > I have been thinking of trying Debian since it appears that it may take less > > disks to download. > > I only want Linux right now for an FTP server. > > Since I have not heard otherwise, I understand that Debian is not ready for > > prime time with speakup, so I guess I must go with Fedora, but that takes 3 > > ISO's, unless I can get an FTP server going with only the first ISO. > > > > Can someone advise me here? > > Thanks.Glenn > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Name: Terry D. Cudney Phone: (705) 422-0039 E-mail: terry@wasaga.dyns.net Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like... having a peeing sectionin a swimming pool. Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html