I'm glad about the rescue disk. The Linux box is the better one in this house, since I got it later. That probably will change soon, since it looks like we'll have to replace this one with that other operating system on it. I'm still a long way off from being able to use only Linux. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 11:36 AM Subject: Re: Ways of distributing Speakup Modified Fedora. > there will be a rescue disk for sure. As for the resource requirements of > Linux vs that other OS, I haven't seen the stats lately although everyone > seems to be saying that if you want to run Vista, it'll take more computer > than you needed with XP. That said, I might as well gripe about something > that's always bugged me about the community. We have an awful lot of > Linux dabblers. Folks who, for whatever reason, feel that they just have > to experience Linux, just to feel well-rounded, I suppose. What I find is > that they reserve their best hardware for Windows, which remains their > primary OS, and put Linux on their junk hardware. In fact, I even know > someone who has named his Linux system to match its hardware. He calls it > "junkbox". > > I guess, what I'm trying to say is that I'd prefer to support those > who are serious about learning and using Linux for real. These days, I > pretty much tell folks that I don't support dual booting, or as Ann calls > it, duel booting which is really a better name for it. > > > -- > Bill in Denver > > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007, Albert E. Sten-Clanton wrote: > > > Hi, Bill! > > > > I'm among those who don't have DVD burners. I don't know when I'll get one. If you can make a boot or rescue CD, though, I can install Fedora 8 the only way I ever installed FC6, from a DVD image in my home partition. If my hard drive's partition table gets screwed up, which has happened before, then I should be able to use GRML to set things right and then install Fedora. At least, that's my guess. > > > > I note that a few years ago one of the much-touted benefits of Linux was that you could use it on older equipment. I take it that's one thing you can't say about Fedora or Red Hat any longer. It becomes less affordable that way. I know of course that this isn't your doing, and that you've got a problem to solve, but it deserves mention. > > > > Al > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker at octothorp.org> > > To: "SPEAKUP Distribution List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:46 PM > > Subject: Ways of distributing Speakup Modified Fedora. > > > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Starting with the release of Fedora 7 (Moonshine), Red Hat has only > >> posted DVDs of the distro. For 7, we produced Cd's in addition. Now > >> that we're getting ready to release the Speakup Modified version of F8, I > >> wonder if we can drop the Cd's as Red Hat has already done. There is a > >> possible bug in the upstream distribution process causing me to be unable > >> to produce Cd's. The maintainer of Pungi, the tool we use to build > >> the distro has agreed to take a look at it, but I don't know what he'll be > >> able to do. > >> > >> In addition, we're going to release an x86_64 version this time which > >> will a little more than double the space required to store it all on the > >> server which holds the images for download. > >> > >> Let me know what y'all think. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- Bill in Denver > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.5/1149 - Release Date: 11/24/2007 10:06 AM > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.5/1149 - Release Date: 11/24/2007 10:06 AM > >
