RE: Which linux distro??

RE: Which linux distro??

[Mirabella, Mathew J]

ok cool i am thinking about slackware now.  but do you get as many of the apps out of the box as you do with say debian? or even redhat?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan Hernandez [mailto:juan@wurldlink.com]
> Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 4:07 PM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Which linux distro??
> 
> 
> I use slackware 9.0, I love it... I am not normally a linux 
> person, because
> I've worked with bsd platforms for years spisificly freebsd, 
> I wish speakup
> would be ported to freebsd someday... but slackware is the one I found
> easest to install.  I like the hardware support, and it 
> doesn't take much
> room up like rh does.
> 
>     Juan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella@team.telstra.com>
> To: "speakup list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>; "emacspeak list"
> <emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:06 PM
> Subject: Which linux distro??
> 
> 
> ok folks.  I need to pose a question to you all that I have 
> already asked
> before, and the responses some time ago suggested that redhat 
> may be the
> best way to go... things may have changed since folks on the 
> speakup list
> are talking about the lack of built in speakup support with 
> new versions of
> redhat.
> So.  the question is... for a blind person, new to linux 
> wanting to have a
> speech based system with emacspeak and speakup and wanting to 
> start taking
> advantage of newer stuff with gnome etc. and also wanting 
> good support of
> new hardware... which linux distro would people recommend.
> I am hearing that slackware or debian or redhat are the three 
> that most
> people seem to use, with redhat looking a bit shakey lately.  
> slackware 9
> seems to have the newest gnome stuff...???
> or maybe people think that redhat 7.3 with a speakup kernel 
> is the best way
> to go?
> please give me your thoughts.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
> 
> 
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RE: Which linux distro??

[Luke Davis]

I was a Slackware man for a few years, tried RH a couple of times, but
went back to Slack.
Then, I was out of Linux for a while, and upon coming back a couple months
ago, I decided to try Debian.  It's the best compromise between the
spartonness of SLW, and the bloatedness of RHL; with all of the
functionality (should say availability) of the latter.


On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:

> ok cool i am thinking about slackware now.  but do you get as many of the apps out of the box as you do with say debian? or even redhat?
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Juan Hernandez [mailto:juan@wurldlink.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 4:07 PM
> > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > Subject: Re: Which linux distro??
> >
> >
> > I use slackware 9.0, I love it... I am not normally a linux
> > person, because
> > I've worked with bsd platforms for years spisificly freebsd,
> > I wish speakup
> > would be ported to freebsd someday... but slackware is the one I found
> > easest to install.  I like the hardware support, and it
> > doesn't take much
> > room up like rh does.
> >
> >     Juan
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella@team.telstra.com>
> > To: "speakup list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>; "emacspeak list"
> > <emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:06 PM
> > Subject: Which linux distro??
> >
> >
> > ok folks.  I need to pose a question to you all that I have
> > already asked
> > before, and the responses some time ago suggested that redhat
> > may be the
> > best way to go... things may have changed since folks on the
> > speakup list
> > are talking about the lack of built in speakup support with
> > new versions of
> > redhat.
> > So.  the question is... for a blind person, new to linux
> > wanting to have a
> > speech based system with emacspeak and speakup and wanting to
> > start taking
> > advantage of newer stuff with gnome etc. and also wanting
> > good support of
> > new hardware... which linux distro would people recommend.
> > I am hearing that slackware or debian or redhat are the three
> > that most
> > people seem to use, with redhat looking a bit shakey lately.
> > slackware 9
> > seems to have the newest gnome stuff...???
> > or maybe people think that redhat 7.3 with a speakup kernel
> > is the best way
> > to go?
> > please give me your thoughts.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
> >
>
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RE: Which linux distro??

[Lorenzo Prince]

Slackware doesn't come with as many apps as Redhat, which is on 3 CD's or
Debian, which is on 7 CD's.  Slackware is only on 1 CD.  However, from
what I can see, they seem to pick only the best of the best apps to put on
the CD.  Being a 1-CD install also makes it much easier to download, which
is always a plus.

Lorenzo

E Pluribus Unix

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:

> ok cool i am thinking about slackware now.  but do you get as many of the apps out of the box as you do with say debian? or even redhat?
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Juan Hernandez [mailto:juan@wurldlink.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 4:07 PM
> > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > Subject: Re: Which linux distro??
> >
> >
> > I use slackware 9.0, I love it... I am not normally a linux
> > person, because
> > I've worked with bsd platforms for years spisificly freebsd,
> > I wish speakup
> > would be ported to freebsd someday... but slackware is the one I found
> > easest to install.  I like the hardware support, and it
> > doesn't take much
> > room up like rh does.
> >
> >     Juan
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella@team.telstra.com>
> > To: "speakup list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>; "emacspeak list"
> > <emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:06 PM
> > Subject: Which linux distro??
> >
> >
> > ok folks.  I need to pose a question to you all that I have
> > already asked
> > before, and the responses some time ago suggested that redhat
> > may be the
> > best way to go... things may have changed since folks on the
> > speakup list
> > are talking about the lack of built in speakup support with
> > new versions of
> > redhat.
> > So.  the question is... for a blind person, new to linux
> > wanting to have a
> > speech based system with emacspeak and speakup and wanting to
> > start taking
> > advantage of newer stuff with gnome etc. and also wanting
> > good support of
> > new hardware... which linux distro would people recommend.
> > I am hearing that slackware or debian or redhat are the three
> > that most
> > people seem to use, with redhat looking a bit shakey lately.
> > slackware 9
> > seems to have the newest gnome stuff...???
> > or maybe people think that redhat 7.3 with a speakup kernel
> > is the best way
> > to go?
> > please give me your thoughts.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: Which linux distro??

[Aaron Howell]

What's the difference between the 1 cd iso install and the 4 cd boxed set of slackware?
Regards
Aaron
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 11:47:30AM -0500, Lorenzo Prince wrote:
> Slackware doesn't come with as many apps as Redhat, which is on 3 CD's or
> Debian, which is on 7 CD's.  Slackware is only on 1 CD.  However, from
> what I can see, they seem to pick only the best of the best apps to put on
> the CD.  Being a 1-CD install also makes it much easier to download, which
> is always a plus.
> 
> Lorenzo
> 
> E Pluribus Unix
> 
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
> 
> > ok cool i am thinking about slackware now.  but do you get as many of the apps out of the box as you do with say debian? or even redhat?
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Juan Hernandez [mailto:juan@wurldlink.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 4:07 PM
> > > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > Subject: Re: Which linux distro??
> > >
> > >
> > > I use slackware 9.0, I love it... I am not normally a linux
> > > person, because
> > > I've worked with bsd platforms for years spisificly freebsd,
> > > I wish speakup
> > > would be ported to freebsd someday... but slackware is the one I found
> > > easest to install.  I like the hardware support, and it
> > > doesn't take much
> > > room up like rh does.
> > >
> > >     Juan
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella@team.telstra.com>
> > > To: "speakup list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>; "emacspeak list"
> > > <emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:06 PM
> > > Subject: Which linux distro??
> > >
> > >
> > > ok folks.  I need to pose a question to you all that I have
> > > already asked
> > > before, and the responses some time ago suggested that redhat
> > > may be the
> > > best way to go... things may have changed since folks on the
> > > speakup list
> > > are talking about the lack of built in speakup support with
> > > new versions of
> > > redhat.
> > > So.  the question is... for a blind person, new to linux
> > > wanting to have a
> > > speech based system with emacspeak and speakup and wanting to
> > > start taking
> > > advantage of newer stuff with gnome etc. and also wanting
> > > good support of
> > > new hardware... which linux distro would people recommend.
> > > I am hearing that slackware or debian or redhat are the three
> > > that most
> > > people seem to use, with redhat looking a bit shakey lately.
> > > slackware 9
> > > seems to have the newest gnome stuff...???
> > > or maybe people think that redhat 7.3 with a speakup kernel
> > > is the best way
> > > to go?
> > > please give me your thoughts.
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > 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
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: Which linux distro??

[Adam Myrow]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Aaron Howell wrote:

> What's the difference between the 1 cd iso install and the 4 cd boxed set of slackware?
> Regards

The Extras CD contains some optional packages, but they can also be
downloaded from the "extra" directory of the Slackware FTP site or one of
its mirrors.  Many of them are specialized, such as numerous packages for
HAM radio plus an older version of Brltty and Emacspeak.  There is also a
copy of the source code of each and every package.  Once again, it could
be downloaded by hand.  The only thing you really get with the boxed set
that can't be downloaded from the Internet is the "Live" CD.  I have the
boxed set for Slackware 8.1, as I didn't have high-speed access at the
time it came out.  The Live CD is a complete self-booting version of
Slackware with pretty much all the software.  It could be used as a demo
and I've used it as a rescue disk as it includes parted, fdisk, etc.  It
has all the Speakup kernels and even Brltty.  It can be real handy.
Slackware may be a bit scimpy on its packages and hard to get set up for
some people, but its author has been very willing to make his software
accessible.  I'm willing to put up with some rough edges if the author
clearly cares about his products being accessible.  Besides, Slackware is
getting more polished now to keep up with the big boys.

Re: Which linux distro??

[Lorenzo Prince]

The boxed set includes the install CD, a live CD, and source code.  I am
thinking that the source code is on 2 CD's.  It also may include the
'extra' directory which can be downloaded from the FTP servers if needed.
These are apps that are not part of the official distribution, but have
been contributed by other people.  Some of these apps eventually make it
to the official distro.

Lorenzo

E Pluribus Unix

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Aaron Howell wrote:

> What's the difference between the 1 cd iso install and the 4 cd boxed set of slackware?
> Regards
> Aaron
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 11:47:30AM -0500, Lorenzo Prince wrote:
> > Slackware doesn't come with as many apps as Redhat, which is on 3 CD's or
> > Debian, which is on 7 CD's.  Slackware is only on 1 CD.  However, from
> > what I can see, they seem to pick only the best of the best apps to put on
> > the CD.  Being a 1-CD install also makes it much easier to download, which
> > is always a plus.
> >
> > Lorenzo
> >
> > E Pluribus Unix
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
> >
> > > ok cool i am thinking about slackware now.  but do you get as many of the apps out of the box as you do with say debian? or even redhat?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Juan Hernandez [mailto:juan@wurldlink.com]
> > > > Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 4:07 PM
> > > > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > > Subject: Re: Which linux distro??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I use slackware 9.0, I love it... I am not normally a linux
> > > > person, because
> > > > I've worked with bsd platforms for years spisificly freebsd,
> > > > I wish speakup
> > > > would be ported to freebsd someday... but slackware is the one I found
> > > > easest to install.  I like the hardware support, and it
> > > > doesn't take much
> > > > room up like rh does.
> > > >
> > > >     Juan
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella@team.telstra.com>
> > > > To: "speakup list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>; "emacspeak list"
> > > > <emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:06 PM
> > > > Subject: Which linux distro??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ok folks.  I need to pose a question to you all that I have
> > > > already asked
> > > > before, and the responses some time ago suggested that redhat
> > > > may be the
> > > > best way to go... things may have changed since folks on the
> > > > speakup list
> > > > are talking about the lack of built in speakup support with
> > > > new versions of
> > > > redhat.
> > > > So.  the question is... for a blind person, new to linux
> > > > wanting to have a
> > > > speech based system with emacspeak and speakup and wanting to
> > > > start taking
> > > > advantage of newer stuff with gnome etc. and also wanting
> > > > good support of
> > > > new hardware... which linux distro would people recommend.
> > > > I am hearing that slackware or debian or redhat are the three
> > > > that most
> > > > people seem to use, with redhat looking a bit shakey lately.
> > > > slackware 9
> > > > seems to have the newest gnome stuff...???
> > > > or maybe people think that redhat 7.3 with a speakup kernel
> > > > is the best way
> > > > to go?
> > > > please give me your thoughts.
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > 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
>
> _______________________________________________
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Re: Which linux distro??

[Steve Holmes]

I think some people have already answered this question some what but
I should add that the basic slackware directory containing all the
application binaries now exceeds the size of a single CD image.  Even
the CD building instructions mention leaving out gnome or kde and/or
both to build the primary CD.  I downloaded the entire directory tree
from a slackware mirror site today and built my own four CD set; the
first CD is all the top level files under slackware-9.0 plus the
slackware directory excluding gnome, kde and kdei; I also included
isolinux .  The second CD is the rest of the base slackware directory
and all the source dir except for gnome, kde and kdei.  The third CD
is the rest of the source directory.  I put zipslack and pasture on
this last disk.

Donno if that complies with Slackware's CD layout but it works for me:)

On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:51:12AM +1000, Aaron Howell wrote:
> What's the difference between the 1 cd iso install and the 4 cd boxed set of slackware?
> Regards
> Aaron
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 11:47:30AM -0500, Lorenzo Prince wrote:
> > Slackware doesn't come with as many apps as Redhat, which is on 3 CD's or
> > Debian, which is on 7 CD's.  Slackware is only on 1 CD.  However, from
> > what I can see, they seem to pick only the best of the best apps to put on
> > the CD.  Being a 1-CD install also makes it much easier to download, which
> > is always a plus.
> > 
> > Lorenzo
> > 
> > E Pluribus Unix
> > 
> > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
> > 
> > > ok cool i am thinking about slackware now.  but do you get as many of the apps out of the box as you do with say debian? or even redhat?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Juan Hernandez [mailto:juan@wurldlink.com]
> > > > Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 4:07 PM
> > > > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > > Subject: Re: Which linux distro??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I use slackware 9.0, I love it... I am not normally a linux
> > > > person, because
> > > > I've worked with bsd platforms for years spisificly freebsd,
> > > > I wish speakup
> > > > would be ported to freebsd someday... but slackware is the one I found
> > > > easest to install.  I like the hardware support, and it
> > > > doesn't take much
> > > > room up like rh does.
> > > >
> > > >     Juan
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella@team.telstra.com>
> > > > To: "speakup list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>; "emacspeak list"
> > > > <emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:06 PM
> > > > Subject: Which linux distro??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ok folks.  I need to pose a question to you all that I have
> > > > already asked
> > > > before, and the responses some time ago suggested that redhat
> > > > may be the
> > > > best way to go... things may have changed since folks on the
> > > > speakup list
> > > > are talking about the lack of built in speakup support with
> > > > new versions of
> > > > redhat.
> > > > So.  the question is... for a blind person, new to linux
> > > > wanting to have a
> > > > speech based system with emacspeak and speakup and wanting to
> > > > start taking
> > > > advantage of newer stuff with gnome etc. and also wanting
> > > > good support of
> > > > new hardware... which linux distro would people recommend.
> > > > I am hearing that slackware or debian or redhat are the three
> > > > that most
> > > > people seem to use, with redhat looking a bit shakey lately.
> > > > slackware 9
> > > > seems to have the newest gnome stuff...???
> > > > or maybe people think that redhat 7.3 with a speakup kernel
> > > > is the best way
> > > > to go?
> > > > please give me your thoughts.
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > 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
> 
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Wav to MP3?

[ccrawford]

Hi All,

	Searched for a conversionprogram from wav to mp3 but no luck on my 
computer.  Any suggestions?  Was able to use the oggenc for ogg creation, 
but have to change out of that window because of speech interference with 
running the oggplayer.

-- charlie.

RE: Wav to MP3?

[Saqib Shaikh]

You can just use the command-line lame package.

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of ccrawford@acb.org
Sent: 30 March 2003 12:14
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Wav to MP3?


Hi All,

	Searched for a conversionprogram from wav to mp3 but no luck on my 
computer.  Any suggestions?  Was able to use the oggenc for ogg creation, 
but have to change out of that window because of speech interference with 
running the oggplayer.

-- charlie.



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RE: Wav to MP3?

[ccrawford]

Don't think I have it.  I tried "lame" and got a bash error of no such 
file or whatever.

-- charlie.
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Saqib Shaikh wrote:

> You can just use the command-line lame package.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of ccrawford@acb.org
> Sent: 30 March 2003 12:14
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Wav to MP3?
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> 	Searched for a conversionprogram from wav to mp3 but no luck on my 
> computer.  Any suggestions?  Was able to use the oggenc for ogg creation, 
> but have to change out of that window because of speech interference with 
> running the oggplayer.
> 
> -- charlie.
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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RE: Wav to MP3?

[Saqib Shaikh]

Try lame.sourceforge.net

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca
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Sent: 30 March 2003 12:57
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: RE: Wav to MP3?


Don't think I have it.  I tried "lame" and got a bash error of no such
file or whatever.

-- charlie.
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Saqib Shaikh wrote:

> You can just use the command-line lame package.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 30 March 2003 12:14
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Wav to MP3?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> 	Searched for a conversionprogram from wav to mp3 but no luck on my
> computer.  Any suggestions?  Was able to use the oggenc for ogg creation,
> but have to change out of that window because of speech interference with
> running the oggplayer.
>
> -- charlie.
>
>
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RE: Wav to MP3?

[Ann Parsons]

Hi all,

Yes, the program is lame, should be an RH package and is a debian one.

Ann P.

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Re: Wav to MP3?

[Thomas Stivers]

On 03/30/03  8:09 AM -0500, Ann Parsons wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Yes, the program is lame, should be an RH package and is a debian one.

What debian package are you using. When I do apt-cache show lame I get
nothing. I have a home made lame binary here, but I would like it to be
updated like everything else. Thanks.

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Re: Wav to MP3?

[Ann Parsons]

Hi all,

Hmmmmm, I thought it was a debian package,  maybe not.  Can someone
else clarify?

Ann P.

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Re: Wav to MP3?

[ccrawford]

Well, I checked on sourceforge and freshmeat and while there was some 
primising stuff, I did not find any lame packages and noted the 
"bladeenc" refeenced which turned on the lightbulb in my head and I 
remembered I had that program here.

	I guess it is old, but does the job very nicely with just two 
command line arguments.

-- charlie.
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Ann Parsons wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Hmmmmm, I thought it was a debian package,  maybe not.  Can someone
> else clarify?
> 
> Ann P.
> 
> 

RE: Wav to MP3?

[ccrawford]

Surprisingly I can't seem to locate it on my system.  I did find 
bladeenc that Janina had told me abou and so I used it.

-- charlie.
On Sun, 30 Mar 
2003, Ann Parsons wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Yes, the program is lame, should be an RH package and is a debian one.
> 
> Ann P.
> 
> 

Re: Wav to MP3?

[Lorenzo Prince]

Not sure, but I think there is a Lame encoder you can download.  You
should be able to get the source code from Sourceforge.

Lorenzo

E Pluribus Unix

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 ccrawford@acb.org wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> 	Searched for a conversionprogram from wav to mp3 but no luck on my
> computer.  Any suggestions?  Was able to use the oggenc for ogg creation,
> but have to change out of that window because of speech interference with
> running the oggplayer.
>
> -- charlie.
>
>
>
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RE: Which linux distro??

[Alex Snow]

I find that it comes with all the necessary apps.  Most of the stuff I
wnna use comes installed.

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On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Lorenzo Prince wrote:

> Slackware doesn't come with as many apps as Redhat, which is on 3 CD's or
> Debian, which is on 7 CD's.  Slackware is only on 1 CD.  However, from
> what I can see, they seem to pick only the best of the best apps to put on
> the CD.  Being a 1-CD install also makes it much easier to download, which
> is always a plus.
>
> Lorenzo
>
> E Pluribus Unix
>
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
>
> > ok cool i am thinking about slackware now.  but do you get as many of the apps out of the box as you do with say debian? or even redhat?
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Juan Hernandez [mailto:juan@wurldlink.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 4:07 PM
> > > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > Subject: Re: Which linux distro??
> > >
> > >
> > > I use slackware 9.0, I love it... I am not normally a linux
> > > person, because
> > > I've worked with bsd platforms for years spisificly freebsd,
> > > I wish speakup
> > > would be ported to freebsd someday... but slackware is the one I found
> > > easest to install.  I like the hardware support, and it
> > > doesn't take much
> > > room up like rh does.
> > >
> > >     Juan
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella@team.telstra.com>
> > > To: "speakup list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>; "emacspeak list"
> > > <emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:06 PM
> > > Subject: Which linux distro??
> > >
> > >
> > > ok folks.  I need to pose a question to you all that I have
> > > already asked
> > > before, and the responses some time ago suggested that redhat
> > > may be the
> > > best way to go... things may have changed since folks on the
> > > speakup list
> > > are talking about the lack of built in speakup support with
> > > new versions of
> > > redhat.
> > > So.  the question is... for a blind person, new to linux
> > > wanting to have a
> > > speech based system with emacspeak and speakup and wanting to
> > > start taking
> > > advantage of newer stuff with gnome etc. and also wanting
> > > good support of
> > > new hardware... which linux distro would people recommend.
> > > I am hearing that slackware or debian or redhat are the three
> > > that most
> > > people seem to use, with redhat looking a bit shakey lately.
> > > slackware 9
> > > seems to have the newest gnome stuff...???
> > > or maybe people think that redhat 7.3 with a speakup kernel
> > > is the best way
> > > to go?
> > > please give me your thoughts.
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