servers

[Anders Holmberg]

Hello!
Another question comes to mind.
Can the live cd-s you gave links for here be booted up with brltty or such 
programs?
It was seven years i was playing around with linux.
Its a long break i know but my intrest is stil strong.
PLease help if you can.
/Anders.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "marbux" <marbux at gmail.com>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: servers


> On 3/28/07, Kristoffer Gustafsson <kg84 at dreamwld.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I need to know about what servers there are for linux.
>> I want to run the following:
>>
>> internet radio
>> e-mail server
>> e-mail list server
>> ftp server
>>
>> and http server
>>
>> What can I use and what documentation shall I read?
>>
> I'd suggest that you start with FrozenTech's Live CD list at
> <http://www.livecdlist.com/?pick=All&showonly=media%20production>. The
> link is for just the multimedia-oriented live CDs. The master list of
> live CDs is at <http://www.livecdlist.com/>.
>
> With a Linux live CD, you can boot a functioning Linux system from
> your own system without installing it. That makes it very easy to
> check out software without making a commitment. You may need to change
> your computer's CMOS setting for the device booting order to specify
> that the computer first attempts to boot from the CD drive.
>
> Some live CDs allow installation to the hard drive and some do not,
> whilst some make it possible but their developers recommend against
> it. Those that don't make it easy to install from the CD tend to be
> samplers for applications, but include information on how to get the
> software installed to the hard drive using normal package
> distributions.
>
> Nearly all (all?) Linux distributions are capable of handling the four
> types of software you specify. If you're not familiar with the Linux
> scene, it might help to know that from my Debian-based distribution, I
> can immediately download and install over 20,000 different software
> packages from the software repositories I've chosen to specify in my
> package manager. All without charge. Accessible software is more
> limited, but Linux seems to be where most of the development work for
> those with accessibility issues is taking place. So there is more than
> a ray of sunshine there.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marbux
>
>
>
>> /Kristoffer
>>
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