a question about distro size?

[Karen Lewellen]

Okay,
I just did some looking in my speakup folder here on shellworld, where i 
keep all of the posts from this list  and blinux.
ahem it is over 14 thousand strong now, dating back to i kid you not 2004.
So, I am going to wisely assume times have changed.

As a result let me ask the following.
I do not wish if I can help it to compile allot of programs, or 
not at first, preferring a 
distro with as many packages included as possible.  I will be using a 
Dec talk express on a machine with a real serial port.  i will also be 
using whatever Linux distro I choose as the second os, with DOS being my 
main operating system.
I understand that spider monkey?, is needful for some of the more java 
script related browsers, but have no memory of it discussed here...not 
saying it has not been.
I desire being able to listen to streaming audio, I suppose capture in a 
simple way.
Will welcome ftp too, although some of that can be done on shellworld, 
perhaps  a way to send something to my shellworld ftp for sending to 
someone else, or taking down some of my files from shellworld via ftp.
The machine I will use has already a 20gb hard drive, and I must leave 
some space for my present c and d drives in my present Dos machine.
I realize I may want to get a larger drive before trying the Linux part of 
my life, but  may not have time before I move, so want to know what I am 
in for.
I will keep many functions in Dos  like my word processing, etc.
Now that I have been i really hope more clear, which do I need debian or 
Fedora, or something else?
Which has the best support for the dec express?
Forgive me if this is baby stuff, but I want to make an informed decision in 
advance.
Thanks,
Karen

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:

> with deb? I never seen more than a gb, and that was with updates. I just
> installed the needed packages. I did try to limit my packages, but I got
> what was needed from apt. didn't use x-windo or anything.
> Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield.
> Vertigo head coder
> "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features."
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> email: compgeek13 at gmail.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen at shellworld.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:30 PM
> Subject: a question about distro size?
>
>
>>
>>
>>> Greetings all,
>>  Granted this wisdom may be dated, but ages back the guidance was, at
>> least
>>  with Debian, to install the full server unless one was strong in
>> customizing
>>  since that way you had all of the tools you needed.
>>  This may have changed but if one prefers a fully loaded package
>> distribution,
>>  how much hard drive space should one anticipate needing? Just a general
>> guess
>>  is fine.
>>  Thanks,
>>  Karen
>>>
>>>
>>>
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