Okay, I just did some looking in my speakup folder here on shellworld, where i keep all of the posts from this list and blinux. ahem it is over 14 thousand strong now, dating back to i kid you not 2004. So, I am going to wisely assume times have changed. As a result let me ask the following. I do not wish if I can help it to compile allot of programs, or not at first, preferring a distro with as many packages included as possible. I will be using a Dec talk express on a machine with a real serial port. i will also be using whatever Linux distro I choose as the second os, with DOS being my main operating system. I understand that spider monkey?, is needful for some of the more java script related browsers, but have no memory of it discussed here...not saying it has not been. I desire being able to listen to streaming audio, I suppose capture in a simple way. Will welcome ftp too, although some of that can be done on shellworld, perhaps a way to send something to my shellworld ftp for sending to someone else, or taking down some of my files from shellworld via ftp. The machine I will use has already a 20gb hard drive, and I must leave some space for my present c and d drives in my present Dos machine. I realize I may want to get a larger drive before trying the Linux part of my life, but may not have time before I move, so want to know what I am in for. I will keep many functions in Dos like my word processing, etc. Now that I have been i really hope more clear, which do I need debian or Fedora, or something else? Which has the best support for the dec express? Forgive me if this is baby stuff, but I want to make an informed decision in advance. Thanks, Karen On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > with deb? I never seen more than a gb, and that was with updates. I just > installed the needed packages. I did try to limit my packages, but I got > what was needed from apt. didn't use x-windo or anything. > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield. > Vertigo head coder > "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." > msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com > email: compgeek13 at gmail.com > aim: st8amnd2005 > skype: st8amnd127 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen at shellworld.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:30 PM > Subject: a question about distro size? > > >> >> >>> Greetings all, >> Granted this wisdom may be dated, but ages back the guidance was, at >> least >> with Debian, to install the full server unless one was strong in >> customizing >> since that way you had all of the tools you needed. >> This may have changed but if one prefers a fully loaded package >> distribution, >> how much hard drive space should one anticipate needing? Just a general >> guess >> is fine. >> Thanks, >> Karen >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
