what linux should I use?

[Tom and Esther Ward]

Hi, to my knolege Slackware can not be directly installed to a NTFS file
system. However, Mandrake 9.2 has that ability which is one of the reasons I
use Mandrake 9.2 currently.
However, I've not made any speakup enabled cd images yet so you'd have to
get some initial sighted assistence to get Mandrake going before adding in
speech.
I've got Windows XP Pro and Mandrake 9.2 installed on the same partition,
and it works well.
However, if you are looking with a distro with speakup out of the box you'll
have to go with Fedora, Slackware, or another distrobution and repartition
your drive.


----- Original Message -----
From: "alex stone" <alexstone87 at hotmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: what linux should I use?


> 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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