Debian or Fedora

[Janina Sajka]

No question, Keith. A minimalist installation is not a criterion on
Fedora. On the other hand, I'd wager more "just simply works out of the
box."

PS: I have both here as well.

Keith Watson writes:
> Janina,
> 
> Probably way behind on this, but as I run both Fedora and Debian 
> and have just installed a base system of deb on a 12G drive I 
> thought I would throw in my 2 cents. My install was only 435 meg.
> 
> Keith
> On 12:27 PM, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > For the record, a Server Class install of the Speakup Modified will take
> > about 2 Gb. Choosing Server Class will provide what you need for an ftp
> > server, and it will provide most of the console utilities you're
> > accustomed to with an "everything" install. Yes, that's how fat the gui
> > environment has become.
> > 
> > Glenn at home writes:
> > > I have a computer hooked to my network that I am planning on installing 
> > > Linux onto.
> > > It only has a 25 GB hard drive, and I want at least 20 GB for FTP files.
> > > I have been thinking of trying Debian since it appears that it may take less 
> > > disks to download.
> > > I only want Linux right now for an FTP server.
> > > Since I have not heard otherwise, I understand that Debian is not ready for 
> > > prime time with speakup, so I guess I must go with Fedora, but that takes 3 
> > > ISO's, unless I can get an FTP server going with only the first ISO.
> > > 
> > > Can someone advise me here?
> > > Thanks.Glenn
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > 				Accessibility Workgroup
> > 				Free Standards Group (FSG)
> > 
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> Keith Watson
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040