Willem van der Walt wrote: > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > >> Hi, >> I am learning to program in c and I am looking to buy a machine to run >> linux. >> So I just have some questions. >> 1. I will just be doing the following: >> using a text editor, >> using gcc, >> using the web and email a little bit, >> Using the rockbox compilers I will install >> and I will also be copying files to and from USB drives. >> >> So my question is what sort of machine will I need? Would one with 633 >> mhz cpu 128 mb of ram and a 10 gb hard drive work. >> > Yes, although more ram when compiling helps, it should work. > > I am just getting into this so I don't need the best results but would that run > speak up and Linux fine? > Yes as long as you have a sound card supported by Linux or a hardware > synth supported by speakup. > So just using a text editor, compiler and make file will work on a machine like this? >> 2. Does speak up give me access to everything in linux including the >> command line interface? >> > The command-line interface is what speakup gives access to. > If you want graphical access your machine would be too small for a modern > Linux anyway. > The command-line is all you need to use gcc which you can install from > your Linux cd. > > Does the command line have an accessible text editor? Also what is the graphical interface? > >> 3. What is a good text editor for programming on linux? I need one that >> does the indentation as well as saves with unix style line endings. >> > There are many. Most of these can be configured to do what you want and > will > by default save in the UNIX format. > > > Do you know of any good ones? And how would I install them and run them? 6. How hard is speak up to install? > There are speakup-modified distributions. If you use one of those, it is > not that difficult. > I think ubuntu 7.4 is currently the easyest, but there are several > options. > > Ok and where would I get linux from to install on to my machine? If it came with win 98 could I remove this and install linux? If so how? And would I be able to search the internet for programming stuff as well as send and receive email on this type of machine? And one more question what sound card will I need. If I have the right sound card will speakup work with it and come with a synthesizer? Thanks for all your help and if you could answer these questions I would greatly appreciate it. -- Daniel Dalton
