You recognize, don't you, that this kind of "heard that" would not be considered evidence in a court of law? And, I have no way to respond to it. I have no way to judge what you heard or the expertise of who you heard it from. But, malicious damage it seems to do. So, I hope you're happy. Jes and guide dog Harley writes: > From: "Jes and guide dog Harley" <jesman598 at triad.rr.com> > > >From what I've heard from several Linux users, the previous version of redhat, shrike, wasn't very good. I don't know why they'd > say that, but what would be the advantages of going to Fedora, as far as packages and stability? > Thanks, > Jes and Harley > Email: jesman598 at triad.rr.com > Msn instant messenger: subman70 at hotmail.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom and Esther Ward <tward1978 at earthlink.net> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:51 PM > Subject: Re: new RedHat user with a question > > > Hello, Steve. > Shrike is actually the previous version of Red Hat. The current version is > Fedora and has many updates including gnome 2.4, gnopernicus, as well as > many other packages. > You might want to hold off your install until you grab Fedora. > Hth. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Clower" <steve at steve-audio.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 6:52 PM > Subject: new RedHat user with a question > > > Hi folks, > I am taking the big plunge and am working on getting the latest version of > RedHat installed on my laptop. I have downloaded the three Shrike iso images > and have burned each image to a CDR. When I boot up my laptop with CD 1 in > the CD-ROM drive, the CD spins up, but as far as I can ascertain the Linux > boot screen does not appear. Instead, my computer boots right up into > Windows. My guess is that the BIOS needs to be set, but I'm not entirely > certain if this is the case. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate > them. > My apologies if this has been brought up on this list before. If this is the > case, feel free to reply to me privately. > Thanks, > Steve > > Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. > You can reach me by any of the following: > E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net > MSN: steve at steve-audio.net > AIM: AudioRabbit03 > > You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting > http://www.steve-audio.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://www.a11y.org
