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Hi Ann,
Redhat's installation program can be brought up in text mode and can be 
done without sighted help.  Now, I don't have anything against 
Debian--in fact my next Linux computer will probably be Debian--but 
there isn't anything wrong with the Redhat installation (except disk 
druid).

     Jim Wantz
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Ann Parsons wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Rob, yes, it can get confusing.  A distribution is a slightly
> different kernel program in Linux from another.  All distros have
> virtually the same info, but some use it in ways which are better for
> the blind than others.  Debian, e.g., is easier to configure and to
> install eyes-free.  Red Hat is fine too, but its installation program
> is more graphical and may require sighted help.  Debian's package
> system for installing new programs is really spiffy!  
> 
> No, you do not need a different speech program depending on the distro
> you use, it depends on the synth you use.  
> 
> Happy learning,
> Ann P.
> 
> 





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