From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from www.pcdesk.net ([198.31.26.207] helo=gwen.pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18yqpe-0007NU-00 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 05:11:30 -0500 Received: (qmail 316 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 10:10:55 -0000 Received: from localhost.wcox.com (HELO pcdesk.net) (1011@127.0.0.1) by localhost.wcox.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 10:10:55 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (pcdesk.net) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (authenticated as jbahm) by pcdesk.net (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP (encrypted with RC4-MD5); 28 Mar 2003 10:10:55 -0000 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 03:11:33 -0700 (Mountain Standard Time) From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: speakup list Subject: Re: Which linux distro?? In-Reply-To: <73388857A695D31197EF00508B08F2980A00EEAB@ntmsg0131.corpmail.telstra.com.au> Message-ID: References: <73388857A695D31197EF00508B08F2980A00EEAB@ntmsg0131.corpmail.telstra.com.au> X-X-Sender: jbahm@pcdesk.net 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: Well, that's kind of a matter of taste. I personally prefur slackware, and have since I first began using Linux. However, there are others who sware by Redhat or Debian. -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm@pcdesk.net On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote: > 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 >