<newbie raises hand> which package does as you describe? before i have heard that linux distributions really depend on choice, and I am more the pre-package type than the compile myself type. so am wondering, or are you saying all distributions come with this? Karen On Wed, 19 May 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > nick G writes: >> From: nick G <nick6489 at optonline.net> >> >> The subject says it all, I found Lynx. Sorry about that bogus Claim. I based it on what Anaconda did for my system. >> Thanks, > > May I remind you of what we write in the HOWTO on this subject? Our > words are not gratuitous. They're there for a reason. Here's a quote a > pro pos this very subject: > > " * You'll be asked what kind of installation you want to perform. > This screen offers the following selections: Personal Desktop, > Workstation, Server, > Laptop, Custom, Update. We very strongly advice that you choose > "Server." Unfortunately, the "Personal Desktop," "Workstation" > and "Laptop" > installation classes skew their package and configuration > selections to GUI users, and this is highly > disadvantageous to the speech and braille > user who will find that some important, text-based > programs, like the Lynx world wide web browser, for > example, are not installed. > " * You will be asked what packages you wish to > * install. There's a very long list of > * available packages, and you could certainly > * add anything you > don't install now later, but this would > be a nuisance at best and tends to be > confusing to the BEGINNER. We recommend > you press the "end" key to > go to the last option which is > "everything" if you have > sufficient disk space. An > "EVERYTHING" INSTALLATION > REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY 8 gB, but > it > will really provide > everything the blind user > needs. And, of particular > interest to blind users > today, it will install > GNOME and the Gnopernicus > screen reader for > you to use as > well. On the other > hand, if you're > short on space, > you'll find that > choosing the > "Server" class > installation in > the > preceding > step will > give you > almost all > of the > text-based > applications > you need." > >> Nick >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
