On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 15:32, James Marcinek wrote: > For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm new to this list, so "Hello!" > > > > I'm currently in the process of discussing the possibility of turning our > > school into a Linux based school, with lab and office computers running > > Linux. I'm seriously considering using Fedora, because it seems to have > > pretty up to date desktop packages, looks nice, and the install has a good > > selection of packages as is. > > Fedora might be good for the desktop; however you might want to consider > something like White Box Enterprise Linux (Open Source version of Red Hat > Enterprise Linux 3.0) as a server based solution. > > http://whiteboxlinux.org/ > > > > > The Principal of the school has a serious eyesight problem, and must use > > screen magnification software to use his computer. For windows, decent > > full-screen magnification packages cost, at least, $400. he currently uses > > a package called ZoomText 7.1, which originally cost him $395. How they > > have an update that's another $150. Shortly another update that costs even > > more is coming out. On one level, I can see how a company who's only > > product is a screen magnifier would need to charge a bit to stay in > > business, since it's a vertical market, but still... > > > > I opened the Assistive Technology Support preferences box, enabled support, > > but the Magnifier and Screen Reader choices are grayed out. I did a little > > digging, and it seems that gnopernicus must be installed. Based on further > > research, it would seem that this package is part of the 'core 2' system, > > but it doesn't appear to be available in the Add/Remove Programs (Package > > Manager?) tool. I've checked the details for every category, and nothing. > > > > Can anyone help me find this, since having decent screen magnification will > > definitely influence his opinion. > > You might have to look browse on the CD for the rpm that you're looking for: > > ls |grep -i gnopernicus > > Once you find it just install it via the rpm command: > > rpm -Uvh <the_name_goes_here> > > HTH- > > James That will probably not work well. gnopernicus has a dependency on gnome-speech, and thus yum install (with a proper yum.conf) will handle the dependencies much better than trying it by hand. I checked the install CDs and gnopernicus is located on CD #3, so if Steven is comfortable with handling rpm and dependencies then he can go for it that way.
