Installing Fedora and other Linux systems

Fri Jun 30 16:41:15 UTC 2017

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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>>>> -- 
>>>>
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>>>> Email: janina at rednote.net
>>>>
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>>>>
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