programs that work good with speakup

Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
Thu Feb 21 09:34:36 EST 2008


It's about the same, and far less then Vista.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 
08:58:43PM -0500, josh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> does gnome require more memory than windows xp pro does?
> 
> email: jkenn337 at gmail.com
> skype: jkenn337
> msn: kenn6498ku at hotmail.com
> ----- 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?
> >>
> >> email: jkenn337 at gmail.com
> >> skype: jkenn337
> >> msn: kenn6498ku at hotmail.com
> >> ----- 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
> >> >
> >> > http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
> >> > d.dalton at iinet.net.au
> >> >
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