Look what I found, Why wasn't it installed

[nick G]

I did a custom install, sellected text browser.  No more customs for me.
Thanks,
Nick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: Look what I found, Why wasn't it installed


> nick G writes:
> > From: nick G <nick6489 at optonline.net>
> >
> > The subject says it all, I found Lynx.  Sorry about that bogus Claim.  I
based it on what Anaconda did for my system.
> > Thanks,
>
> May I remind you of what we write in the HOWTO on this subject? Our
> words are not gratuitous. They're there for a reason. Here's a quote a
> pro pos this very subject:
>
> "     * You'll be asked what kind of installation you want to perform.
> This screen offers the following selections: Personal Desktop,
> Workstation, Server,
>        Laptop, Custom, Update. We very strongly advice that you choose
>        "Server." Unfortunately, the "Personal Desktop," "Workstation"
>        and "Laptop"
>               installation classes skew their package and configuration
>       selections to GUI users, and this is highly
>       disadvantageous to the speech and braille
>              user who will find that some important, text-based
>      programs, like the Lynx world wide web browser, for
>      example, are not installed.
> "           * You will be asked what packages you wish to
>   * install. There's a very long list of
>   * available packages, and you could certainly
>   * add anything you
>          don't install now later, but this would
> be a nuisance at best and tends to be
> confusing to the BEGINNER. We recommend
> you press the "end" key to
>         go to the last option which is
> "everything" if you have
> sufficient disk space. An
> "EVERYTHING" INSTALLATION
> REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY 8 gB, but
> it
>        will really provide
>        everything the blind user
>        needs. And, of particular
>        interest to blind users
>        today, it will install
>        GNOME and the Gnopernicus
>               screen reader for
>       you to use as
>       well. On the other
>       hand, if you're
>       short on space,
>       you'll find that
>       choosing the
>       "Server" class
>       installation in
>              the
>      preceding
>      step will
>      give you
>      almost all
>      of the
>      text-based
>      applications
>      you need."
>
> > Nick
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> -- 
>
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>
> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup
> Free Standards Group (FSG)
>
> Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
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