From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18z4qa-0005ul-00 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:09:24 -0500 Received: from localhost (IDENT:1001@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2T19Kl4001006 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:09:20 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:09:20 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Snow X-X-Sender: alex_snow@h14me.homelinux.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: RE: Which linux distro?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <73388857A695D31197EF00508B08F2980A00EEAF@ntmsg0131.corpmail.telstra.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 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: I find that it comes with all the necessary apps. Most of the stuff I wnna use comes installed. -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" 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" > > > To: "speakup list" ; "emacspeak list" > > > > > > 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 >