Installing Fedora and other Linux systems

Sat Jul 1 05:15:49 UTC 2017

My understanding is that Vinux 6 will use Ubuntu and then Vinux 7 will 
switch over to Fedora.

On 30/06/17 11:41, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Helllo sense fedora isn;t workable what is vinux going to use? last I 
> heard vinux was going to use fedora.
>
> thanks
>
> Hank
>
>
>
> On 6/29/2017 8:14 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> 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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>>>>>
>>>>> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200
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>>>>> Email: janina at rednote.net
>>>>>
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