No question, Keith. A minimalist installation is not a criterion on Fedora. On the other hand, I'd wager more "just simply works out of the box." PS: I have both here as well. Keith Watson writes: > Janina, > > Probably way behind on this, but as I run both Fedora and Debian > and have just installed a base system of deb on a 12G drive I > thought I would throw in my 2 cents. My install was only 435 meg. > > Keith > On 12:27 PM, Janina Sajka wrote: > > For the record, a Server Class install of the Speakup Modified will take > > about 2 Gb. Choosing Server Class will provide what you need for an ftp > > server, and it will provide most of the console utilities you're > > accustomed to with an "everything" install. Yes, that's how fat the gui > > environment has become. > > > > Glenn at home writes: > > > I have a computer hooked to my network that I am planning on installing > > > Linux onto. > > > It only has a 25 GB hard drive, and I want at least 20 GB for FTP files. > > > I have been thinking of trying Debian since it appears that it may take less > > > disks to download. > > > I only want Linux right now for an FTP server. > > > Since I have not heard otherwise, I understand that Debian is not ready for > > > prime time with speakup, so I guess I must go with Fedora, but that takes 3 > > > ISO's, unless I can get an FTP server going with only the first ISO. > > > > > > Can someone advise me here? > > > Thanks.Glenn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Chair > > Accessibility Workgroup > > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > > > janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Keith Watson > kwatson at smed.yi.org > > Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant > but those with illusions of knowledge. - B. Alan Wallace > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
