what linux should I use?

[Tom and Esther Ward]

Hi, Mandrake has a list of http and ftp download sites on:
http://www.mandrakelinux.com
Note, none of the Mandrake isos have speakup in them, and I don't know when
I'll be able to get around to creating speakup kernel rpms for Drake.
I've been rather busy of late, but I do hope to work on it sometime next
month.
Hth.

----- Original Message -----
From: "alex stone" <alexstone87 at hotmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: what linux should I use?


> Where would I find Mandrake?
> Cheers.
> Alex
> ----- 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>
> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 5:59 AM
> Subject: Re: what linux should I use?
>
>
> > 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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