what linux should I use?

Tom and Esther Ward tward1978 at earthlink.net
Sat Dec 27 01:08:14 EST 2003


Actually, Mandrake 9.2 is already reading and writing to NTFS file systems.
It also will run on NTFS. However, there are many other distros yet that do
not have this support.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: what linux should I use?


> nope...nothing is going to run on ntfs. I don't think the kernel
> support for that is complete.
>
> I 'borrowed' a copy of partition magic from someone and it's a really
> good program. wouldnt pay for it though. have you looked at partit?
> On
> Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 06:31:11PM -0000, alex stone wrote:
> > 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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> back.
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