Starting with Linux

[nick G]

As a Fedora user, netconfig is definitely there.  Most of the configuration
is done durring the install.  Yes, a lot of config files are there, but
there is a nice mix of both.
Thanks,
Nick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saqib Shaikh" <S.Shaikh at sussex.ac.uk>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: Starting with Linux


> Hi Karen
>
> Speakup will work with any distribution of Linux, since it is built into
the
> kernel, however the more important question is: Which distributions are
> nicer for text mode.
>
> Take for example, Lindows, Xandros and Lycoris.  These have a few
essential
> command line tools but you'll have to go and find the rest yourself.
> Another issue with such distros is that they have lovely startup
sequences.
> While you can disable graphical boot, and graphical login, this would
defeat
> the goal of such distributions.
>
> In the middle you have the powerful desktop-oriented distributions, like
> Mandrake, SuSE and Redhat/Fedora.  Here you can disable graphical boot and
> graphical login because I believe Speakup won't like this.  Then you have
> the entire system at your disposal, with hundreds of text-based apps.
> However, to configure things you will need to delve into configuration
files
> since convenience tools are only provided for the GUI.
>
> Finally you have Slackware, Debian and Gentoo for whom text-based and
> GUI-based users are of equal significance.  You'll have the same
text-based
> utils as say Redhat, but there'll be more people using those text-based
> tools on that distro IMHO.  Also, there are more convenience scripts IMHO
> for text-based configuration -- pppconfig, liloconfig, netconfig, etc from
> Slackware spring to mind.
>
> This is not definitive - just one person's views.
>
> Saqib
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen
> Sent: 25 April 2004 19:15
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Starting with Linux
>
> Hi,
> This exchange brings up a question.
> Granted, there are no absolutes here, since each user has his own goals
for
> Linux, and such personal computing should be respected.  It is in fact
just
> what Microsoft seeks to remove from computing "personal,"
> still given the many distributions of Linux, which is best for working
with
> speakup, pros and cons if there is more than one?
> Thanks,
> Karen
>
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, David Csercsics wrote:
>
> > >Snip:
> > >"You do not need a GUI in Linux so don't waste the time with Gnome as
> > >your effort to make it work will NOT be rewarded"
> > >Reply:
> > >On the contrary I use gnopernicus for a great many tasks and with
> > >Gnome 2.6 and Gnopernicus 0.8.4 functionally operating you can use
> > >gedit if you like a Windows-like text editor like I do, use file
> > >roller to unpack archives, balsa for sending/recieving email,
> > >gnome-cd for playing music cds, gnome-volume for controling volume,
> > >and a handfull of other apps including Openoffice on a daily basis.
> > >Point here, while gnopernicus has a long ways to go there is many
> > >things it can be used for on a daily basis.  Weather every end user
> > >of the software has the same needs or uses it for those kinds of apps
> > >depends on the user and is subjective. However, saying that it can
> > >not be used on a daily basis is off base.
> >
> > OK well I guess I stand corrected then.
> >
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