Re: [orca-list] my report on slint

[Ryan Mann <rmann samobile net>]

Can Slint be installed using software speech?  It seems interesting, but I don’t have a hardware synthesizer.


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> On Jan 31, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Didier Spaier <didier slint fr> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> login-chooser is all lower case and should be typed as root.
> Instead session-chooser, also all lower case, is to be typed as regular user.
> Yes pidgin is installed.
> Many desktops are included but you can choose a default one during installation and change it after 
> installation with session-chooser.
> I just finished testing the new version but it's 1 AM here, will upload the new ISO and associated packages 
> tomorrow (or later today, Paris time).
> Stay tuned.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Didier Spaier
>
> > Le 01/02/2018 à 00:22, kendell clark a écrit :
> > Hi
> >
> > Thanks for your very patient responses. I didn’t even attempt startx, a novice mistake that I didn’t even 
> > attempt to try. Login-chooser I tried, I got command not found, although I didn’t know about 
> > session-chooser, I’ll try that now, I still have the flash drive. Bh wanted to know about the iso size, 
> > it’s around 3 gb in size, which isn’t bad considering the staggering amount of software you get. Again, 
> > these weren’t meant as complaints against slint. The text installer is very good, and is very helpful. The 
> > inability to pick and choose the software isn’t bad, you can’t pick and choose when you install windows, 
> > assuming you didn’t address that in your other emails. I’m going to run another test, this time installing 
> > slint only, instead of trying to fit it into a windows setup. This works very well by the way, the 
> > installer detects your windows installation and offers to mount it and put it in your fstab. I wonder, is 
> > pidgin included? It’s an instant messenging app. I can’t
> > wait for a live version. I’ll download one when one comes out. I should’ve been clearer about options to 
> > launch desktops. I meant that an option in the boot loader to launch a desktop would be nice, if there 
> > isn’t already one. I can’t see the screen so there might be one. But I’m assuming that’s what your live 
> > version is going to be so no need to rush out and add it. I still think slint is a user friendly distro, 
> > especially with that text installer.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kendell Clark
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