New to LINUX

Jason Symes jsymes at netins.net
Tue Jan 1 15:05:27 EST 2002 

I took a peak at the howto file, and, considering how I don't understand
the lingo of linux as well as in windows, it seemed fairly straight
forward. The only problem I had was with the boot disks stuff, but that
again is because I'm so used to the windows way of things.
At 11:04 AM 1/1/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Hi, Jason:
>
>What can I say to make my point in just a few words? The links you found 
>are only pointers to the actual iso files--what we call symbolic links. 
>They are the result of my attempts to devise a means of streamlining the 
>distribution both of these iso images and of some of the critical files 
>within them, without requiring too many people make changes every time 
>there's a new release. I tell you this because what you don't see looking 
>at these symbolic links is how big the files actually are that you will be 
>downloading. Essentially, each one is a packed CD ROM.
>
>I don't say this to discourage you, only to inform you. In fact, if you're 
>willing to work with a draft, you'll find a file called HOWTO-INSTALL.html 
>in the redhat directory that answers your question about whether all of 
>these files are necessary, and may answer many more questions that you 
>have yet to ask. If you're willing to work with a prerelease draft, take 
>a look at this file. Realize, please, that it isn't finished, and not all 
>of the links work yet. But please do let me know if this HOWTO helps you 
>understand what you need, where to get it, and how to go about putting it 
>all together. That's what it's there for.
>
>To the rest of the folks on this list, you're welcome to look there as 
>well--though I hadn't planned on going live quite so quickly! <grin> 
>Please do not broadcast it or distribute it yet, though. Give me a chance 
>to finish it and get all the links working. But, please do tell me what 
>you think.
>
>Happy New Year, everyone.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Jason Symes wrote:
>
>> Ok, I think I found the files, but I want to be sure I download the correct
>> ones. In the red hat 7.2 directory, I found a folder named images, which
>> contained the files disk1.iso, disk2.iso, docs.iso, srpms1.iso, and
>> srpms2.iso. Are all of these required, or are some of these extras?
>> 
>> At 02:30 AM 1/1/02 -0600, you wrote:
>> >Which file is the modified rh 7.2?
>> >tia
>> >At 02:10 AM 1/1/02 -0600, you wrote:
>> >>Thanks for the info. I'll consider rh.
>> >>At 03:03 AM 1/1/02 -0500, you wrote:
>> >>>Hi all versions of Slackware 8.0 has speakup in them. Red Hat 7.2
which is
>> >>>really good for newbies has a modified set of cd iso images at:
>> >>>ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/redhat/7.2/
>> >>>
>> >>>----- Original Message -----
>> >>>From: Jason Symes <jsymes at netins.net>
>> >>>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> >>>Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 11:54 PM
>> >>>Subject: Re: New to LINUX
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> But that's a version of Slackware 8 without Speakup installed aready,
>> >>>isn't
>> >>>> it? I'm asking about the version that Thomas mentioned that had
Speakup
>> >>>> already installed.
>> >>>> At 10:45 PM 12/31/01 -0600, you wrote:
>> >>>> >ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/iso/install.iso
>> >>>> >Greg
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:29:41PM -0600, Jason Symes wrote:
>> >>>> >> Hi Thomas.
>> >>>> >> While answering Chuck's question about trying zipspeak, you made
the
>> >>>> >> statement:
>> >>>> >> That's possible. Many of us started on Zipspeak,
>> >>>> >> >   and then moved on to big and full distributions.    However, if
>> you
>> >>>> want
>> >>>> >> >to play with a full    distribution you might want to try
Slackware 8
>> >>>> which
>> >>>> >> >comes with Speakup built    in, or Red hat 7.2 which there is a
>> >>>> >> >distribution of it modified on the Speakup    site.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Where can I find this version of Slackware 8 that has speakup
already
>> >>>built
>> >>>> >> in?
>> >>>> >> tia
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Jason Symes
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >>>> >> 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
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> Jason Symes
>> >>>>
>> >>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>> 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
>> >>>
>> >>Jason Symes
>> >>
>> >>_______________________________________________
>> >>Speakup mailing list
>> >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>> >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>> >>
>> >Jason Symes
>> >
>> >_______________________________________________
>> >Speakup mailing list
>> >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>> >
>> Jason Symes
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>> 
>
>-- 
>	
>				Janina Sajka, Director
>				Technology Research and Development
>				Governmental Relations Group
>				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>
>Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
>
>Chair, Accessibility SIG
>Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
>http://www.openebook.org
>
>Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper,
>Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp
>
>Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther
>King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
>http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp
>
>Learn how to make accessible software at
>http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Speakup mailing list
>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
Jason Symes

More information about the Speakup mailing list