-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Karen, Debian and Redhat seem to have the largest number of pre-compiled packages for their distros. Slackware doesn't have as many but that doesn't bother me much because I don't mind compiling from sources and crawling under the hood from time to time. This thread was dealing with some issues with Redhat (now called Fedora). I personally have run into some problems with some prebuilt packages as the builder of said package left some options or features out and I ended up having to compile and install the original source in order to get those features. Example of this was PHP for Slackware; the package was not built with postgres support and I needed that. The only way to fix that was to compile from sources. Obviously, one could probably do the same thing if this happened in a Redhat environment. Packages are good when starting out or for getting the basic system going before our fun and games begin:). On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 06:08:10PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > <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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAq+PTWSjv55S0LfERAsgyAJ9ODsQwdwpNhf8VV8A7Ad5v/wycCgCg6WTQ przbFTwwkeW/X+1kMuHKJ/0= =O9wj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
