Installing Fedora and other Linux systems

Sat Jul 1 04:57:21 UTC 2017

Let's see,
https://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25.torrent

Best run lftp and then key in torrent and a space and that url above and 
you should be good to go shortly.  You caught me at a good time for that 
url.

On Fri, 30 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:07:03
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Installing Fedora and other Linux systems
> 
> can I get a link to the iso?
>
>
> On 6/30/2017 9:35 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Now no longer an issue.  I found the 
>> Fedora-Workstation-25-x86-64.iso.torrent and got it with lftp last night, 
>> so will try what appears to be the working version next.
>> 
>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> 
>>> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 23:14:39
>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Installing Fedora and other Linux systems
>>> 
>>> Should I be looking for an Everything fedora torrent?  I found some of 
>>> those and didn't know what to make of them.
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 23:03:05
>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: Installing Fedora and other Linux systems
>>>> 
>>>> Well, if you're getting confused by the Talking Arch install, I would
>>>> recommend you stay away from Fedora for now.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Talking Arch is designed to be blind friendly. Fedora is not. So, save
>>>> Fedora for another day--for a day when you know more about Linux and how
>>>> to work with it.
>>>> 
>>>> Just my advice, which you're free to do with as you will, of course.
>>>> 
>>>> Janina
>>>> 
>>>> Linux for blind general discussion writes:
>>>>> I use the Talking arch iso. I've tried installing it, but I always get 
>>>>> stuck on one part or another, like setting the clock, partitioning the 
>>>>> drive, such like that. What I plan to do is dualboot Windows and Linux, 
>>>>> so I can have Emacspeak and the Windows audio games and such as well. 
>>>>> I'll also try installing Linux, probably Arch this time, using a flash 
>>>>> drive which I am 100." sure that it'll work, as my old one didn't even 
>>>>> work in Windows, so I think it's gone rather bad.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Devin Prater
>>>>> 
>>>>> Assistive Technology Instructor in training at World Services for the 
>>>>> BLIND, JAWS certified
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 29, 2017 9:21 AM, Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>>> <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't understand why you have trouble installing Arch. Are you using
>>>>>> the especially adapted talking arch iso image? If installing arch, this
>>>>>> is the one you should be using.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://talkingarch.tk
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Installing Fedora is actually more difficult. Particularly tricky is 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> stage of installation where you partition your drive--unless you're
>>>>>> happy to take Fedora's defaults. Personally, I don't support that
>>>>>> default simply because I find it wise to put /home on a separate
>>>>>> partition--but maybe you wouldn't care. That's certainly up to you.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> As to what may have gone wrong in your Fedora installation, you've not
>>>>>> nearly enough info in your email. How do you know nothing went wrong in
>>>>>> the install? What messages did you see?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And, how do you know it's not booting? What is it you expect that isn't
>>>>>> happening? I'm presuming you're blind so aren't seeing screens. So, how
>>>>>> do you know what you think you know?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm not trying to be harsh. But your message really isn't explaining
>>>>>> anything useful for debugging.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> PS: It will also be easier to follow your explanation if you can manage
>>>>>> to avoid run-on sentences.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Janina
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Linux for blind general discussion writes:
>>>>>>> Hi all. After using Windows for a month, after using Linux for two 
>>>>>>> months, I've noticed that everything that I do on Windows, I could do 
>>>>>>> on Windows, and with the Braille note Touch, I can get the Exchange 
>>>>>>> emails from the training center I'm attending, which mainly uses 
>>>>>>> Windows. So, while in Windows, I burned a USB drive with the latest 
>>>>>>> Fedora image, using Rufus, making it bootable. So, The installation 
>>>>>>> went well, but after the computer restarted, and the flash drive was 
>>>>>>> taken out, no system came up. I've never seen that happen before, and 
>>>>>>> Googling didn't give any answers, so I'm stuck between Vinux, and 
>>>>>>> Arch. Vinux being okay I suppose, but out of date, and Arch being hard 
>>>>>>> for me to install, without scripts although the ones I know of are 
>>>>>>> broken, but Arch is what I like, because it has anything I ask of it. 
>>>>>>> So I tried installing Fedora a few more times, formatting the drive, 
>>>>>>> but no luck. Then I accidentally pulled the flash drive out of the USB 
>>>>>>> drive for a moment, and wh
>>> en I pus
>>> hed
>>>>>>   i
>>>>>>>   t back in, I couldq't load Orca when first starting up the 
>>>>>>> installer, so the data on that drive is probably corrupted. So, any 
>>>>>>> ideas? Should I just go with Vinux and deal with it? The last time I 
>>>>>>> tried the instructions for installing Arch, I got stuck on setting the 
>>>>>>> clock and such, because the results I got were not the results on the 
>>>>>>> ge, so I'm just not sure what to do.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Devin Prater
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Assistive Technology Instructor in training at World Services for the 
>>>>>>> BLIND, JAWS certified
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> Email: janina at rednote.net
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
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