From: Joe Clever <lists@clevercentral.com>
To: speakup <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: Newbie introdusing myself and some newbie questions
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:17:02 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310111156300.23670-100000@redhat.private.network> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7122993062.20031011170500@bredband.net>
Hi Krister,
Redhat 9.0 only requires 5 gigs if you install everything. I have just
installed it on a machine I plan to use as a server, in less than 2 gigs
and that includes gnome. Personally, I would keep linux on a separate
physical disk until I gained some experience and confidence. If you are
like me, you may end up installing and blowing away your OS several times,
both on purpose and by accident, before you are happy with your
configuration.
The important thing is to take the plunge.
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
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> Hi speakup,
>
> My name is Krister Ekstrom and i live in Sweden. For a long time now
> i've been a windows user but have also from time to time taken an
> interest in Linux. Now, as Gnome- and eventually Kde accessibility
> is coming i begin to feel it's time to make the switch, take the
> plunge and start experimenting with Linux. Here comes my newbiesh
> questions:
> So, i was thinking i would use Knoppix as my distro. I found a
> Speakup enabled Knoppix cd and downloaded it. I tried running it,
> and no speach at all. This leads me to believe there may be
> something wrong with that distro and so i thought i might as well
> try downloading and installing something else. I checked the Red hat
> distro, and discovered that it required more disk space than i have.
> I have a big hard disk with 20 gigg of disk space containing Win XP
> and another disk with 3 giggs of disk space which i want to install
> Linux on, however this one's too small for the RH distribution which
> seems to require 5 gigabyte in order to be happy.
> I also looked at Debian, but it seemed much harder to install. What
> i wonder now is can i partition my C drive, (the big one containing
> WinXP) so that i could install Linux on that one and still make
> Linux and XP live happily with eachother, or what should i else do?
> TIA for any answers.
>
> - --
> /Krister
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