Which linux distro??

[Lorenzo Prince]

Slackware doesn't come with as many apps as Redhat, which is on 3 CD's or
Debian, which is on 7 CD's.  Slackware is only on 1 CD.  However, from
what I can see, they seem to pick only the best of the best apps to put on
the CD.  Being a 1-CD install also makes it much easier to download, which
is always a plus.

Lorenzo

E Pluribus Unix

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:

> ok cool i am thinking about slackware now.  but do you get as many of the apps out of the box as you do with say debian? or even redhat?
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Juan Hernandez [mailto:juan at wurldlink.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 4:07 PM
> > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > Subject: Re: Which linux distro??
> >
> >
> > I use slackware 9.0, I love it... I am not normally a linux
> > person, because
> > I've worked with bsd platforms for years spisificly freebsd,
> > I wish speakup
> > would be ported to freebsd someday... but slackware is the one I found
> > easest to install.  I like the hardware support, and it
> > doesn't take much
> > room up like rh does.
> >
> >     Juan
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella at team.telstra.com>
> > To: "speakup list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; "emacspeak list"
> > <emacspeak at cs.vassar.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:06 PM
> > Subject: Which linux distro??
> >
> >
> > ok folks.  I need to pose a question to you all that I have
> > already asked
> > before, and the responses some time ago suggested that redhat
> > may be the
> > best way to go... things may have changed since folks on the
> > speakup list
> > are talking about the lack of built in speakup support with
> > new versions of
> > redhat.
> > So.  the question is... for a blind person, new to linux
> > wanting to have a
> > speech based system with emacspeak and speakup and wanting to
> > start taking
> > advantage of newer stuff with gnome etc. and also wanting
> > good support of
> > new hardware... which linux distro would people recommend.
> > I am hearing that slackware or debian or redhat are the three
> > that most
> > people seem to use, with redhat looking a bit shakey lately.
> > slackware 9
> > seems to have the newest gnome stuff...???
> > or maybe people think that redhat 7.3 with a speakup kernel
> > is the best way
> > to go?
> > please give me your thoughts.
> >
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