if you got more ram for the pII you could run gnome fine. my pII/233 with 208mb ram runs gnome with gnopernicus at a usable speed. as for sited people I saw an old 486dx 66 with 28mb ram run gnome that was usable by sited people. On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 08:41:43AM -0600, Farhan wrote: > yes! i'm to poor and live in a box so i can't aford good hardware if i > reformat this old windows machine 256 meg with 731 mhz maybe? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:34 AM > Subject: Re: debian installed??? > > > >Hi. > > > >It's because of his hardware. Depending on the amount of ram in the > >system, he can get Gnome up and running for sighted people, but the load > >added by Gnopernicus and software speech would make the system too slow > >to be used. > > > >If he has 64 meg, Gnome will run slowly for sighted users, but it can be > >used. > > > >Hope this helps. > > Kenny > > > >On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 04:14:18PM -0500, Taylor, Carlos Ervin wrote: > >>Is that because of his hardware or because of the dlinux distribution? > >>I'm new to this stuff so forgive me if this seems like a stupid > >>question. > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > >>[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of jim grimsby > >>Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 4:09 PM > >>To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' > >>Subject: RE: debian installed??? > >> > >>Hi, on that configuration I do not think I would reckamend gnome at this > >>time for that system. Hth > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > >>[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > >>On Behalf Of Farhan > >>Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:48 PM > >>To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > >>Subject: Re: debian installed??? > >> > >> > >>my next question is how do i use links or lynx. and, the xconfig to use > >>gnome for all the sighted peoples in my house? > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Thomas Stivers" <stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org> > >>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > >>Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 2:12 PM > >>Subject: Re: debian installed??? > >> > >> > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>> Hash: RIPEMD160 > >>> > >>> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 01:51:27 PM -0600, Farhan wrote: > >>>> Hey all. just got debian installed on this old pent 2 233 mhz > >>>> computer with 32 mb of ram the thing i'm wondering is. how do i save > >>>> my config for speakup and how do i turn off the type echo. > >>> > >>> To turn off the typing echo > >>> > >>> echo 0 >/proc/speakup/key_echo > >>> > >>> Saving and restoring settings is a bit more complicated, but basically > >> > >>> you need to copy /proc/speakup to somewhere like /etc/speakup and copy > >> > >>> it back upon reboot. There are a number if different scripts to do > >>> this floating around, but in the cvs version of speakup is a > >>> speakupconf script which comes in handy. > >>> > >>> - -- > >>> "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > >>> Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by > >>> definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan > >>> > >>> Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org -----BEGIN PGP > >>> SIGNATURE----- > >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) > >>> > >>> iD8DBQFCLLW95JK61UXLur0RA/U5AJ9kOrQtFlygcGVFtxXyHlcCluNvkQCeKaki > >>> Qi/X/TByqAIrZLUvCHtWIs0= > >>> =nd4q > >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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 -- Besides, I think Slackware sounds better than 'Microsoft,' don't you? -- Patrick Volkerding
