Which distribution?

[Steven M. Sawczyn]

I'd like to thank you and everyone who has replied to my post.  One
aspect of Debian which appealed to me was its ability to auto-download
packages as needed.  Is this a feature specific to Debian, or can
Slackware and/or redhat do the same thing?  Would it be just as easy to
search for packages when I actually need them?  Can anyone compare the
installation of Debian to that of Slackware?

Again, thanks for all help,

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Thomas D. Ward
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12:41 AM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Which distribution?
> 
> 
> Hi, Red Hat does have a text install. You type a command like:
> 
> text speakup_synth=synth
> 
> where synth is the name of your synth.
> The problem most have is they must absolutely select the 
> speakup keymap
> during the install or the install will not talk vary well at all.
> As for what Linux is best that ends up a users choice. Red Hat is vary
> popular because it has good hardware detection, is the 
> easiest Linux to
> setup, has a large list of packages, and is becoming an 
> industry standard.
> However, some users love editing files, getting into the guts 
> of there Linux
> os, Debian  and Slakware seam to apeal to those users.
> If you are like me and don't want to customize everything 
> under the sun Red
> hat will apeal to you. If you are one who likes to do 
> everything from the
> ground up, edit configurations, and customize to your hearts  
> desire, then
> debian or Slack may be a better choice.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steven M. Sawczyn <ssawczyn at email.com>
> To: Speakup <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:58 PM
> Subject: Which distribution?
> 
> 
> > Greetings, I'm wondering if someone might advise me as to 
> which Linux
> > distribution is the easiest to install using Speakup?  Eventually, I
> > want to get both Speakup and Emacspeak up and running.
> >
> > Earlier today, I tried installing Redhat, but found the 
> menus extremely
> > difficult to navigate with Speakup.  Not sure if there's a 
> text-based
> > install for Redhat, so the process may have been harder 
> than it needed
> > to be.  I've also heard very good things about Debian, but 
> have never
> > used it myself and am not sure what the installation 
> process is like.
> >
> > Any comments/suggestions/help greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
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