getting started

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Glen:

Thanks for the compliment on our writing.

As to whether Red Hat and Debian offer the same to users--yes, with the
understanding that they do it differently. And, you must also understand
that people can become very passionate about such things. So, don't
expect that we'll always want to revisit this ancient debate just
because someone comes along and says "please talk about it again."

Lastly, please don't follow the hyperlinks to iso images in that HOWTO
document. I need to bring it up to date. The hyperlinks will still work,
but they point to the previous version, and not the current one.

Instead, goto any Red Hat mirror site, if you choose to download Red
Hat, and be sure to download version 8.0. These iso images are still on
the Speakup page at:

http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/8.0/

You really only need the first three disc images, disc1, disc2, and
disc3.

Glenn Ervin writes:
> From: "Glenn Ervin" <glennervin at cableone.net>
> 
> Janina,
> The page you referred me to is by far the best I have read so far.  I like
> the way everything is there on one page.  I hate it when one must follow
> "next"from page to page.
> I can save all the needed info in one page for later use.
> Now, as I look at RedHat VS debian, would you say that there is as many
> utilities for red-hot as there is for debian?
> I do want as much as possible from whatever I install.
> Also, I must say that the red-hot was the only page that easily gives links
> to the full ISO packages.
> The other distros I looked at sent me on a crazy multi-page search for the
> distros on CD, and I don't want to download stuff in little pieces.  I will
> likely download all 6 redhat ISO's, if I go with RedHat.
> 
> 
> 
> "Live long and prosper",
> O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
> N0YJV
> Northeast Nebraska
> e-mail:
> glennervin at cableone.net
> The above address can also be found on MSM.
> or my work e-mail:
> gErvin at ncbvi.state.ne.us
> 
> 
> 
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				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