Slackware doesn't come with as many apps as Redhat, which is on 3 CD's or Debian, which is on 7 CD's. Slackware is only on 1 CD. However, from what I can see, they seem to pick only the best of the best apps to put on the CD. Being a 1-CD install also makes it much easier to download, which is always a plus. Lorenzo E Pluribus Unix On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote: > ok cool i am thinking about slackware now. but do you get as many of the apps out of the box as you do with say debian? or even redhat? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Juan Hernandez [mailto:juan at wurldlink.com] > > Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 4:07 PM > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > Subject: Re: Which linux distro?? > > > > > > I use slackware 9.0, I love it... I am not normally a linux > > person, because > > I've worked with bsd platforms for years spisificly freebsd, > > I wish speakup > > would be ported to freebsd someday... but slackware is the one I found > > easest to install. I like the hardware support, and it > > doesn't take much > > room up like rh does. > > > > Juan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella at team.telstra.com> > > To: "speakup list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; "emacspeak list" > > <emacspeak at cs.vassar.edu> > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:06 PM > > Subject: Which linux distro?? > > > > > > ok folks. I need to pose a question to you all that I have > > already asked > > before, and the responses some time ago suggested that redhat > > may be the > > best way to go... things may have changed since folks on the > > speakup list > > are talking about the lack of built in speakup support with > > new versions of > > redhat. > > So. the question is... for a blind person, new to linux > > wanting to have a > > speech based system with emacspeak and speakup and wanting to > > start taking > > advantage of newer stuff with gnome etc. and also wanting > > good support of > > new hardware... which linux distro would people recommend. > > I am hearing that slackware or debian or redhat are the three > > that most > > people seem to use, with redhat looking a bit shakey lately. > > slackware 9 > > seems to have the newest gnome stuff...??? > > or maybe people think that redhat 7.3 with a speakup kernel > > is the best way > > to go? > > please give me your thoughts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
