new RedHat user with a question

[Tom and Esther Ward]

One of the major advantages of Fedora is having the Gnome 2.4 desktop and
gnopernicus. Even though Gnome is not fully accessible I find being able to
do spreadsheet documents in Open Office, being able to read/write word
documents in Open Office, as well as other things is a large step for blind
Linux users in the right direction.
Another advantage I have found is as someone who sometimes writes apps in
java java applications written with accessible swing classes can be used in
Gnome 2.4 and gnopernicus once properly configured. For along time that
access was only on MS Windows platforms with the Windows java access bridge.
Now, with the gnome access bridge one can use and design java apps on either
os.
Most of the other stuff is just updated packages which is always nice to get
the latest software.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jes and guide dog Harley" <jesman598 at triad.rr.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: new RedHat user with a question


> >From what I've heard from several Linux users, the previous version of
redhat, shrike, wasn't very good. I don't know why they'd
> say that, but what would be the advantages of going to Fedora, as far as
packages and stability?
> Thanks,
> Jes and Harley
> Email: jesman598 at triad.rr.com
> Msn instant messenger: subman70 at hotmail.com
> ----- 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: Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:51 PM
> Subject: Re: new RedHat user with a question
>
>
> Hello, Steve.
> Shrike is actually the previous version of Red Hat. The current version is
> Fedora and has many updates including gnome 2.4, gnopernicus, as well as
> many other packages.
> You might want to hold off your install until you grab Fedora.
> Hth.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Clower" <steve at steve-audio.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 6:52 PM
> Subject: new RedHat user with a question
>
>
> Hi folks,
>   I am taking the big plunge and am working on getting the latest version
of
> RedHat installed on my laptop. I have downloaded the three Shrike iso
images
> and have burned each image to a CDR. When I boot up my laptop with CD 1 in
> the CD-ROM drive, the CD spins up, but as far as I can ascertain the Linux
> boot screen does not appear. Instead, my computer boots right up into
> Windows. My guess is that the BIOS needs to be set, but I'm not entirely
> certain if this is the case. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate
> them.
> My apologies if this has been brought up on this list before. If this is
the
> case, feel free to reply to me privately.
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> Stephen Clower, that guy from the south.
> You can reach me by any of the following:
> E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net
> MSN: steve at steve-audio.net
> AIM: AudioRabbit03
>
> You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting
> http://www.steve-audio.net
>
>
>
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