Debian was quite easy to install for me, but be warned, the woody kernels don't have dhcp support, so you'll have to use the potato disks and it'll automatically upgrade for you. ----- Original Message ----- From: <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: Re: what is the easiest linux release to install? > Probably the easiest distro to install without sighted help is > Slackware, as it has speakup built in. It is, however, a little short > in the hardware detection area. You could also try Redhat with a > kickstart file. You can create this file and then use it to install > Redhat automatically. You will, however, have to be very selective as > far as which packages are installed, as Redhat is larger than 1.5Gb. > Also, if you have t2 computers, you can install Redhat via telnet. You > could also install Redhat 8.0 with Speakup, as it is built into the > kernel. > > HTH. > > Lorenzo > -- > > : Any porters out there should feel happier knowing that DEC is shipping > > : me an AlphaPC that I intend to try getting linux running on: this will > > : definitely help flush out some of the most flagrant unportable stuff. > > : The Alpha is much more different from the i386 than the 68k stuff is, so > > : it's likely to get most of the stuff fixed. > > > > It's posts like this that almost convince us non-believers that there > > really is a god. > (A follow-up by alovell at kerberos.demon.co.uk, Anthony Lovell, to Linus's > remarks about porting) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
