what linux should I use?

[Ryan Mann]

Freshmeat.net would probably be better for finding software.






Why do people dress up for Christmas parties?  God doesn't care about the
way you look.  You dress up for work, but atleast you get payed to do
that.

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:

> I've got a hot tip for you. There's a web site called Google. It's
> really cool for answering questions like the one you posted below.
>
> Learn to use it. You'll love it.
>
> alex stone writes:
> > From: "alex stone" <alexstone87 at hotmail.com>
> >
> > Alex, Where would I get partit from?
> > Cheers.
> > Alex
> > ----- 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 10:47 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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