programs that work good with speakup

[josh]

Hi,

does gnome require more memory than windows xp pro does?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: programs that work good with speakup


> I'm running it comfortably in 512mb
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:28:58AM
> -0500, josh wrote:
>> How much ram does gnome plus a screen reader take up then?
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Daniel Dalton" <d.dalton at iinet.net.au>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: programs that work good with speakup
>>
>>
>> > On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, josh wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Are there any good msn messenger,
>> >
>> > Dunno, think so.
>> > Why not search the repo and try stuff out?
>> > Lots of cli apps will be accessible. Actually most.
>> > Just some better than others.
>> >
>> >> skype
>> >
>> > No. Skype for linux is a qt app I believe.
>> > Or its not gtk or something.
>> > So its not even accessible with orca in a gui.
>> >
>> >> word processor
>> >> spreadsheet
>> >
>> > Come on. If you want this stuff you really need a gui.
>> > Gnome isn't that big. With everything up and running maybe just over 1 
>> > gb.
>> > or maybe 2 gb. Dunno exactly.
>> >
>> >> and accessible games that work good with speakup?
>> >
>> > No!
>> >
>> > None for a gui anyway.
>> > If you want all this stuff with no gui linux probably isn't for you.
>> > I actually am trying to get an audio game to run in wine with gnome...
>> >
>> >> I want to use grml since I hear that gnome takes up lots of memory and
>> >
>> > Well no not exactly.
>> > Debian etch and lenny I guess... Can be installed with no desktop.
>> > And you can always remove gnome from ubuntu I guess. But dunno who 
>> > would
>> > bother.
>> > You should probably get a gui as well even through startx so stuff like
>> > spreadsheet and word processor work.
>> >
>> >> stuff.
>> >
>> > What stuff?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Daniel Dalton
>> >
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>> > d.dalton at iinet.net.au
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