As a Fedora user, netconfig is definitely there. Most of the configuration is done durring the install. Yes, a lot of config files are there, but there is a nice mix of both. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Saqib Shaikh" <S.Shaikh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:42 PM Subject: RE: Starting with Linux > Hi Karen > > Speakup will work with any distribution of Linux, since it is built into the > kernel, however the more important question is: Which distributions are > nicer for text mode. > > Take for example, Lindows, Xandros and Lycoris. These have a few essential > command line tools but you'll have to go and find the rest yourself. > Another issue with such distros is that they have lovely startup sequences. > While you can disable graphical boot, and graphical login, this would defeat > the goal of such distributions. > > In the middle you have the powerful desktop-oriented distributions, like > Mandrake, SuSE and Redhat/Fedora. Here you can disable graphical boot and > graphical login because I believe Speakup won't like this. Then you have > the entire system at your disposal, with hundreds of text-based apps. > However, to configure things you will need to delve into configuration files > since convenience tools are only provided for the GUI. > > Finally you have Slackware, Debian and Gentoo for whom text-based and > GUI-based users are of equal significance. You'll have the same text-based > utils as say Redhat, but there'll be more people using those text-based > tools on that distro IMHO. Also, there are more convenience scripts IMHO > for text-based configuration -- pppconfig, liloconfig, netconfig, etc from > Slackware spring to mind. > > This is not definitive - just one person's views. > > Saqib > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen > Sent: 25 April 2004 19:15 > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Starting with Linux > > Hi, > This exchange brings up a question. > Granted, there are no absolutes here, since each user has his own goals for > Linux, and such personal computing should be respected. It is in fact just > what Microsoft seeks to remove from computing "personal," > still given the many distributions of Linux, which is best for working with > speakup, pros and cons if there is more than one? > Thanks, > Karen > > On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, David Csercsics wrote: > > > >Snip: > > >"You do not need a GUI in Linux so don't waste the time with Gnome as > > >your effort to make it work will NOT be rewarded" > > >Reply: > > >On the contrary I use gnopernicus for a great many tasks and with > > >Gnome 2.6 and Gnopernicus 0.8.4 functionally operating you can use > > >gedit if you like a Windows-like text editor like I do, use file > > >roller to unpack archives, balsa for sending/recieving email, > > >gnome-cd for playing music cds, gnome-volume for controling volume, > > >and a handfull of other apps including Openoffice on a daily basis. > > >Point here, while gnopernicus has a long ways to go there is many > > >things it can be used for on a daily basis. Weather every end user > > >of the software has the same needs or uses it for those kinds of apps > > >depends on the user and is subjective. However, saying that it can > > >not be used on a daily basis is off base. > > > > OK well I guess I stand corrected then. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
