As far as I know, there are several projects under way to develop an x speech server. So far though, no useable results. Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Oliver" <shaunoliver@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:54 AM Subject: Re: slackware query please. > thanks for that chuck. right at the moment I don't need x gnome or any of > that stuff but, who needs x when u can't use it <lol> > maybe someone should start on a version of speakup for those that want x > support? > would not that be an idea that can be tossed around from time to time? > I'll leave you with that thought. > Shaun.. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh at mhonline.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:49 PM > Subject: Re: slackware query please. > > > > Hi Shaun - > > I did not see your earlier post, but until recently I used an 850 meg hard > > drive for my Slackware distro, including versions up to 7.1. However, I > > did not do a full install - I basically omitted emacs, the x packages, and > > the gnome and kde development packages. Those are humungous. If you need > > them you may need more than 850 megs. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, > > Shaun Oliver wrote: > > > > > Hi all. > > > I'm not sure whether or not you received my last posting as I had some > email issues to resolve. > > > my query was to find out how much drive space is required for a typical > slackware installation. > > > I've been trying to install it on an 850 mb hard drive without much > success and I fear that I need at least 1 gb for a full installation. > > > is this correct? > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Shaun. > > > > > > > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (87% of Full) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >