Re: [orca-list] Self Introduction

["William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker octothorp org>]

Couldn't you just loop-mount the ISO image and save a CD?


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Bill in Denver

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Michael Whapples wrote:

> Hello,
> I found no difficulty with setting up gnome on slackware 12.0 with
> gnome-slacky (www.slacky.eu). I can't comment on droplinegnome as slacky
> was more recent (although I think from another message someone sent
> dropline has now made a 2.20.2 release, but slacky had a 2.20.1 and a
> 2.20.2 release).
>
> Gnome slacky was simple to install, I don't know how this compares to
> dropline, but for slacky you download the CD image from:
> http://slacky.uglyplace.org/repository/gnomeslk/
> Burn the CD image to disc and then run the install.sh script in the base
> directory.
>
> There are other packages available in the slacky repository,
> sub-directories of http://slacky.uglyplace.org/repository/.
>
> Will, may be I should document this in the orca wiki, its just finding
> the time to do so.
>
> From
> Michael Whapples
> On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 15:21 -0500, Willie Walker wrote:
> > Hi Steve:
> >
> > Welcome!  The list has been quiet since many of us were recharging our
> > batteries over the winter break.  I came back to over 1000 e-mail
> > messages and I'm working my way through them.
> >
> > For how you can help?  Well...if you want to work on ways to
> > troubleshoot and set up accessibility (and Orca) on Slackware, that
> > would be awesome.  You will have a home at
> > http://live.gnome.org/Orca/DownloadInstall.  :-)
> >
> > In any case, welcome again and hope to see you around,
> >
> > Will
> >
> > Steve Holmes wrote:
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> > > Hi, I thought I would introduce myself and let this message double as
> > > a quick test to see if I got subscribed all right; It's been silent
> > > since I joined earlier today.
> > >
> > > I'm brand new to Orca and am so far, just trying the Ubuntu Live 7.10
> > > CD to kick the tires so to speak.  I then need to make some room on my
> > > hard drive for the extra software to install and decide whether to
> > > stick with my current Slackware 12 distro or take a plunge and go with
> > > Debian and get gnome packaged in along witheverything else.  I
> > > understand DropLine is a good way to go to get gnome for Slackware and
> > > I think there was another option as well.  I've always liked Slackware
> > > for it's ease of finding and manipulating of config files under the
> > > BSD style of configs so I hope installing gnome from packages wouldn't
> > > be too hard for that.  If it tends to be problematic for some, then
> > > maybe I'd be better off going with something like Debian or Ubuntu.
> > > At least those two have identical package management and dependancy
> > > tracking; that's one thing Slackware isn't so good at.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'm interested in whatever ideas some folks might express here
> > > to kind of nudge me in a good way to go.  I realize the ultimate
> > > decision is up to me but I wouldn't mind some input before taking the
> > > final jump.
> > >
> > > Happy New year.
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