From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DHiT6-0005yk-00 for ; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 08:15:16 -0500 Received: (qmail 15589 invoked by uid 0); 2 Apr 2005 13:15:14 -0000 Received: from user-24-236-69-150.knology.net (HELO localhost) (24.236.69.150) by smtp6.knology.net with SMTP; 2 Apr 2005 13:15:14 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DHiT7-0002Rs-3e for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 07:15:17 -0600 Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 07:15:17 -0600 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050402131516.GA9263@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050402033428.GA27641@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i From: Kenny Hitt Subject: Re: Slackware is dropping Gnome 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: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 13:15:16 -0000 Hi. Although the sighted community will be missing what seems to be a good desktop, I don't think the blind community is missing much by not having Gnome. Kenny On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:00:29PM -0700, Joseph C. Lininger wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Well, I maintain a mirror of slackware-current on my ftp server, and > gnome has in fact been removed. I don't think they're joking folks. > > Equal causes can produce very unequal effects. > Joseph C. Lininger > jbahm@pcdesk.net > Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 > > And so it came to pass that on Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Adam Myrow said > > >On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > >> Hmm, I suppose this could be an April fools joke, couldn't it? If it's > >> not, then they certainly picked an interesting date to announce this. > > > >Actually, it was buried in with several other things dated 3/26/05, so I'd > >say it's no joke. I guess when the next version of Slackware comes out, I > >will be trying to download one of those other Gnome packages. Well, I > >haven't gotten Gnopernicus to work in Slackware 10.1 anyway, but I haven't > >really put much effort into it. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCTjUDJ6dqn0mqPbARAt9qAJ9YPW2pYV3rHUYcyWCWCcr3zEoHqQCg8gM4 > BuJPmk+HUGixG9XFkMXZK5E= > =yVUL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup