Hi there, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunatly my knowege of Linux command line is not good enough to use a text only mode. Also i think using Red Hat would be questionable since they are in the proccess of abonding the user comunitee and just going into the enterprise market. I think what you said about waiting for GNU Carpurnicus to be included in a main streem distro is a good idea. I had a look at the web site at the end of your email, very interesting. Thanks, Nigel ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. C. Robinson" <lcr@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:57 PM Subject: Re: Use text mode (was: Newbie > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Stoppard wrote: > > > ... i would probably like to try mandrake with > > sighted assistance for install, > > Smarter to go with a more mainstream distro, with > a financially stable company behind it, such as > Red Hat (Fedora now) or a Debian variant. Be sure > you get a current version of whatever you install. > Download all the updates for it as soon as you are > done with the initial install, and consider using > one of the sites that use apt-get (in the case of > RedHat/Fedora) for updates, to make this and other > add-ons easy (apt-get originated with Debian). > > > and then try and use GNU Capernicus. > > Why (assuming you are really referring to > Gnopernicus)? Newbies are setting themselves up > for frustration if they dabble in development > stuff. Better to wait for a stable version -- > good enough that the larger distributors > conveniently package it for you on the standard > install media; and in this case, you wouldn't care > till plenty of application packages work well with > it. Leave the bleeding edge stuff for experienced > users for now (and many of us don't care much yet > either): you won't have to wait long, as open > source stuff matures quickly. > > > Unfortunatly i don't have much hard drive space, > > only about two point five to three gigabites > > A text only install would fit fine in that space, > with room left over. > > > Part of the reason i want to try Linux is > > because i am becomeing slightly disoluioned with > > the price that it will cost me to use windows > > and screen reader software, which i can not > > afford. > > Outstanding text mode functionality is a better > reason (no one ever learns to use all the text > stuff that is available fully -- not that any one > person needs to). And freedom (from lockin, to > copy, change, etc), is also more important than > price, though price is certainly an important > advantage. > > LCR > > -- > L. C. Robinson > reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get > incompatibility and instability instead. This is > award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds > your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see > "CyberSnare" at > http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list