I'd like to thank you and everyone who has replied to my post. One aspect of Debian which appealed to me was its ability to auto-download packages as needed. Is this a feature specific to Debian, or can Slackware and/or redhat do the same thing? Would it be just as easy to search for packages when I actually need them? Can anyone compare the installation of Debian to that of Slackware? Again, thanks for all help, Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Thomas D. Ward > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12:41 AM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: Which distribution? > > > Hi, Red Hat does have a text install. You type a command like: > > text speakup_synth=synth > > where synth is the name of your synth. > The problem most have is they must absolutely select the > speakup keymap > during the install or the install will not talk vary well at all. > As for what Linux is best that ends up a users choice. Red Hat is vary > popular because it has good hardware detection, is the > easiest Linux to > setup, has a large list of packages, and is becoming an > industry standard. > However, some users love editing files, getting into the guts > of there Linux > os, Debian and Slakware seam to apeal to those users. > If you are like me and don't want to customize everything > under the sun Red > hat will apeal to you. If you are one who likes to do > everything from the > ground up, edit configurations, and customize to your hearts > desire, then > debian or Slack may be a better choice. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steven M. Sawczyn <ssawczyn at email.com> > To: Speakup <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:58 PM > Subject: Which distribution? > > > > Greetings, I'm wondering if someone might advise me as to > which Linux > > distribution is the easiest to install using Speakup? Eventually, I > > want to get both Speakup and Emacspeak up and running. > > > > Earlier today, I tried installing Redhat, but found the > menus extremely > > difficult to navigate with Speakup. Not sure if there's a > text-based > > install for Redhat, so the process may have been harder > than it needed > > to be. I've also heard very good things about Debian, but > have never > > used it myself and am not sure what the installation > process is like. > > > > Any comments/suggestions/help greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
