Which linux distro??

[Steve Holmes]

I think some people have already answered this question some what but
I should add that the basic slackware directory containing all the
application binaries now exceeds the size of a single CD image.  Even
the CD building instructions mention leaving out gnome or kde and/or
both to build the primary CD.  I downloaded the entire directory tree
from a slackware mirror site today and built my own four CD set; the
first CD is all the top level files under slackware-9.0 plus the
slackware directory excluding gnome, kde and kdei; I also included
isolinux .  The second CD is the rest of the base slackware directory
and all the source dir except for gnome, kde and kdei.  The third CD
is the rest of the source directory.  I put zipslack and pasture on
this last disk.

Donno if that complies with Slackware's CD layout but it works for me:)

On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:51:12AM +1000, Aaron Howell wrote:
> What's the difference between the 1 cd iso install and the 4 cd boxed set of slackware?
> Regards
> Aaron
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 11:47:30AM -0500, Lorenzo Prince wrote:
> > 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?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----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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