Re: [orca-list] system requirements for orca and linux

[Darragh <lists digitaldarragh com>]

Sorrry for being so active on here tonight but this is something that
would actually benefit me at the moment.  

My company have agreed to buy me a laptop for work outside the office.
The thing is though, is that their laptops are usually reasonably low
spec and it's going to run Ubuntu and unfortunately OpenSuSE very
slowly.  Put on top of that the constant demand of a screen reader or
two and your looking at quite a high demand on system resources.  

If there was some kind of formal specification of requirements it would
make the process of aquiring suitable equipment much easier.  

Thanks



Darragh


On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 22:48 +0000, michael weaver wrote:
> would it be a good idea if there was information about system 
> requirements for running a linux distro with orca just like you 
> get basic system requirements for installing ubuntu or basic 
> requirements for running windows with a screenreader such as 
> windoweyes or jaws?
> i ask because not everyone has a sighted partner or share their 
> home computer systems with anyone else.
> i for example don't have a partner not because i don't choose not 
> to have one but because as a guy in my 30s my relationships have 
> fallen to victimisation by the people running my peers including 
> one potential girlfriend bullied into illegal drugs.
> i know that ubuntu gives basic ram requirements for installation, 
> i think gutsy requires 350 megs to run the live cd but there is 
> no information for ram requirements for accessability options 
> such as orca or brailletty.
> so far any computer i have purchased i have sought advice from my 
> family who are not the most technically minded so it has always 
> been assumed i only need basic requirements as i don't for 
> example use a digital camera or manipulate graphics and it has 
> only been these last couple of years that i have got to know the 
> linux user groups in my area.
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