and you need all 14 cds? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxxx> To: <sdawes at telus.net>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Speakup installation > No typo. The complete Debian package comes on 14 CD's, that's fourteen, > ten plus four, The point being that I simply assumed you would know I > meant Debian. > > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 09:26:51AM -0600, Steve Dawes wrote: > > Chuck, > > > > It isn't quite that bad. Your type'o has suggested that a full install is 14 > > cds. I think you meant to say 4 cds. If you install all source in addition > > to all the binaries, you end up with 7 or 8 cds or 2 dvds. > > > > The problem I have with the selecting everything, or doing the full install, > > is that it is the easy way out. Yes it works, but it installs a lot of > > unnecessary stuff and uses up a lot of resources. A good case in point is > > that it installs both kde and gnome. > > Additionally, it doesn't install absolutely everything as it implies, it > > installs almost everything on the binary disks and you need to install the > > source separately if you wish to. This approach also does nothing in > > teaching how to set up a system with only the packages you need and want. > > > > If you are only going to be using console based programs, there is no need > > to install any of the kde or gnome packages. It is incredible how much space > > can be saved when you take this approach. > > > > Now I am not knocking the installation howto that Janina has written. I am > > saying that what it does is a quick and easy install that gets the first > > time user up-and-running on Linux. What I would like to see however, is > > something that tells the user where they can find out more information on > > how to trim down their installation to only the packages they are going to > > use included in the howto. A simple reference to the Linux document page > > does nothing to direct a new or novice user to good information about > > creating a smaller or tidier installation. > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > Steve Dawes > > Calgary Canada. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (85% of Full) > But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 7/22/2005 > >
