Speakup installation

[Sean McMahon]

Good point, aren't computers supposed to be easy?  They really should have info
explaining, I mean as Janina said, "splainin'", how to make an installation for
small systems under 1gb.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dawes" <sdawes at telus.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 8:26 AM
Subject: RE: Speakup installation


> Chuck,
>
> It isn't quite that bad. Your type'o has suggested that a full install is 14
> cds. I think you meant to say 4 cds. If you install all source in addition
> to all the binaries, you end up with 7 or 8 cds or 2 dvds.
>
> The problem I have with the selecting everything, or doing the full install,
> is that it is the easy way out. Yes it works, but it installs a lot of
> unnecessary stuff and uses up a lot of resources. A good case in point is
> that it installs both kde and gnome.
> Additionally, it doesn't install absolutely everything as it implies, it
> installs almost everything on the binary disks and you need to install the
> source separately if you wish to. This approach also does nothing in
> teaching how to set up a system with only the packages you need and want.
>
> If you are only going to be using console based programs, there is no need
> to install any of the kde or gnome packages. It is incredible how much space
> can be saved when you take this approach.
>
> Now I am not knocking the installation howto that Janina has written. I am
> saying that what it does is a quick and easy install that gets the first
> time user up-and-running on Linux. What I would like to see however, is
> something that tells the user where they can find out more information on
> how to trim down their installation to only the packages they are going to
> use included in the howto. A simple reference to the Linux document page
> does nothing to direct a new or novice user to good information about
> creating a smaller or tidier installation.
>
>
>
> Steve
>
> Steve Dawes
> Calgary Canada.
>
>
>
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