what linux should I use?

[Janina Sajka]

You're going to have to bite the bullet somewhere, I'm afraid. If your
hard drive is partitioned 100% for NTFS you're going to either:

1.)	Get Partition Magic or

2.)	Get a second hard drive (which might be cheaper).

Also, before you dive into ZipSlack, you had best ask the proponents of
ZipSlack to tell you everything you can't do from that environment. In
fact, I'm rather surprised that anyone is still pushing ZipSlack and
ZipSpeak in an age where we now have speech enabled Knopix cd roms. Is
it because the Knopix variants aren't providing Speakup? Don't I
remember there was a Speakup enabled Knopix? Or,. am I just dreaming?


alex stone writes:
> From: "alex stone" <alexstone87 at hotmail.com>
> 
> Can Slackware be installed on a windows NTFS partition, or does it require
> it's own partition?  I'm looking for a distro that can be installed on an XP
> laptop, without having to buy partition magic.
> Cheers.
> Alex
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 6:25 PM
> Subject: Re: what linux should I use?
> 
> 
> > Also, if you want a distro that includes speakup in the stock CD-ROMS out
> of the box, go for slackware.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Tom and Esther Ward" <tward1978 at earthlink.net
> > >To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > >Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 19:47:20 -0500
> > >Subject: Re: what linux should I use?
> >
> > >Hi, Juan.
> > >When choosing a Linux distro you need to take in to account what features
> > >you are looking for in a distro.
> > >For example if you want to install a modern Linux distro with good
> hardware
> > >plug and play support, can be installed directly to a Windows drive
> without
> > >partitioning, and have commercial support Mandrake 9.2 might be the
> distro
> > >of choice. However, Mandrake doesn't have a talking install right out of
> the
> > >box, and takes lots of tinkering to make accessible.
> > >if you are looking for a Linux distro with a talking install, speakup
> > >included, and accessibility right out of the box Fedora on the speakup
> ftp
> > >site might be a better choice. However, I don't like the fact I can not
> > >order Fedora on cd, and have to download the entire thing which is a
> major
> > >turn off for me. Neither does Red Hat provide any profetional technical
> > >support which does not help sell to a business.
> > >So really that is my two suggestions.
> > >Hth.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Janina Sajka
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Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
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Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org