Hi, does gnome require more memory than windows xp pro does? email: jkenn337 at gmail.com skype: jkenn337 msn: kenn6498ku at hotmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:11 AM Subject: Re: programs that work good with speakup > I'm running it comfortably in 512mb > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:28:58AM > -0500, josh wrote: >> How much ram does gnome plus a screen reader take up then? >> >> email: jkenn337 at gmail.com >> skype: jkenn337 >> msn: kenn6498ku at hotmail.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Daniel Dalton" <d.dalton at iinet.net.au> >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:28 AM >> Subject: Re: programs that work good with speakup >> >> >> > On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, josh wrote: >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Are there any good msn messenger, >> > >> > Dunno, think so. >> > Why not search the repo and try stuff out? >> > Lots of cli apps will be accessible. Actually most. >> > Just some better than others. >> > >> >> skype >> > >> > No. Skype for linux is a qt app I believe. >> > Or its not gtk or something. >> > So its not even accessible with orca in a gui. >> > >> >> word processor >> >> spreadsheet >> > >> > Come on. If you want this stuff you really need a gui. >> > Gnome isn't that big. With everything up and running maybe just over 1 >> > gb. >> > or maybe 2 gb. Dunno exactly. >> > >> >> and accessible games that work good with speakup? >> > >> > No! >> > >> > None for a gui anyway. >> > If you want all this stuff with no gui linux probably isn't for you. >> > I actually am trying to get an audio game to run in wine with gnome... >> > >> >> I want to use grml since I hear that gnome takes up lots of memory and >> > >> > Well no not exactly. >> > Debian etch and lenny I guess... Can be installed with no desktop. >> > And you can always remove gnome from ubuntu I guess. But dunno who >> > would >> > bother. >> > You should probably get a gui as well even through startx so stuff like >> > spreadsheet and word processor work. >> > >> >> stuff. >> > >> > What stuff? >> > >> > -- >> > Daniel Dalton >> > >> > http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/ >> > d.dalton at iinet.net.au >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 > > -- > Even more amazing was the realization that God has Internet access. I > wonder if He has a full newsfeed? > -- Matt Welsh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
