A 695mb download. I got it to work, kind of. But I don't think my copy of it 
is working like it's supposed to. My installation got messed up, for 
example. But, then again, I installed it on an old hard drive for which the 
bios in that compac pops up a screen occasionally after I hit the power 
button stating that the drive has a failure iminent, press f1 to continue.
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From: "constantine (on laptop)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Linux vs Windows was Windows 7


> Hi there
>
> Do you have to buy ubuntu? Or is it open-source, and burnable to a cd?
>
> thanks. Btw, I'm running a 1.3 ghz, AMD Duron, 256 mb ram for my 
> desktop--It
> even has USB 1 ports! imagine!
>
>
> Have a good day from Tyler C. Wood!
>
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> system details:
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> AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, 
> Fujitsu
> 100 gb 4500 RPM Hard Drive, connecsant AC-link audio
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Linux vs Windows was Windows 7
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>
>> Hi Josh,
>> Gnome 2.20 and Orca 2.20 ship with Ubuntu 8.04 out of the box. There is
>> no need to grab Gnome independantly. In fact, if you want to try Linux
>> before installing it Ubuntu8.04 comes on a bootible cd  which you place
>> in your cd drive, reboot your system, and if you press enter on the
>> first two screens it will boot directly to a minimal Gnome desktop. It
>> is just one more step to do alt+f2 and type orca, followed by enter.
>> Answer Orcas questions do an alt+control+backspace wait for the little
>> drumb beat, press enter, and you have a fully functional, and talking
>> Gnome desktop. Of course, if you want to add applications such as
>> gnome-mud to play muds then you have to install the os to get upgrades,
>> get better system performence, add applications, get mp3, wma,
>> quicktime, and other plugins to your installation.
>> Now, I have to agree hear that Linux's screen reader Orca is much better
>> with playing muds than Apple's VoiceOver for one very important reason.
>> Orca is written in pure Python 2.5, and because it is based on a
>> scripting language you can write custom scripts for gnome-mud to read
>> out text areas in gnome-mud which you can't do in VoiceOver. Orca's
>> scripting capabilities really makes it as powerful as Jaws in that
>> respect because if you have the scripting know-how you can make Orca do
>> a lot of things VoiceOver on Mac can only dream about at this time. Also
>> Orca has a review cursor, similar to Jaws's invisible cursor, that
>> allows you to move around the screen and find out what is happening in
>> your mud. VoiceOver's lack of an invisible/review cursor seriously makes
>> it less than ideal when playing muds and even interactive fiction games
>> on a Mac.
>> In fact, I seriously looked at buying a Mac this passed winter, but in
>> the end I decided to buy a Compaq 500 series notebook that I recently
>> put Ubuntu 8.04 on. The main reason I chose Linux over the Mac is that
>> Orca's scripting abilities and added review functionality in many
>> respects makes it the better screen reader, and while I liked VoiceOver
>> it has some catching up to do. Also Orca has a special formatting mode I
>> can turn on that tells me specifically how my Java source code is
>> aligned, and I can easily identify what level of a block statement I am
>> in without having to use a braille display. Few screen readers offers as
>> detailed virble feedback on the formatting of C, C++, Python, and Java
>> source code as Orca does.
>> Cheers.
>>
>>
>> Orin wrote:
>>> Hmm. It's too bad Macs don't have a mud client that reads automaticly
>>> yet.
>>> Then again, I guess Linux is the better OS here again in terms of the
>>> screen
>>> reader because it's been worked on even before VoiceOver even existed. I
>>> do
>>> suppose with each OS release VO is getting better but I think it'll be a
>>> long way from Orca and such. Also, I wonder how with VMware Fusion how 
>>> to
>>> install Linux. I'm seriously thinking of trying it out, thing is I just
>>> want
>>> linux, and there's so much packages available. I just wish there was a
>>> self
>>> installer that'd just install the gnome thing and be done with it.
>>>
>>
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