From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 11400 invoked from network); 13 Jun 1998 19:41:56 -0000 Received: from mail.megsinet.net (HELO megsinet.net) (208.133.72.77) by mail2.redhat.com with SMTP; 13 Jun 1998 19:41:56 -0000 Received: from uymfdlvk(tnt1-67.focal-chi.megsinet.net[209.81.175.67]) (2144 bytes) by megsinet.net via sendmail with P:esmtp/R:inet_hosts/T:smtp (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 14:39:28 -0500 (CDT) (Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #12 built 1998-Feb-6) Message-Id: From: "Matthew L. Janusauskas" To: Cc: Subject: New blind user to Linux Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 13:58:17 -0700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: Hello, I am a blind computer user who is tired of being locked into Windows 95 and MS DOS. I will be starting from scratch however. I have only limited exposure to a SCO UNIX system when I took a few computer science courses in college. I would appretiate any help on getting started from the most basic level... which version of Linux should I use, and what advise/help can anyone offer on installing it? I would also be interested in any feedback on what screen access system I should use, as well as its installation. I do have a DecTalk Express that I can use for this since I am currently using software speech on my Windows 95 screen reader. Would it be advisable/possible to use the same computer for both operating systems, since I have heard of switching back and forth? Thank you in advance for the help and suggestions! -Matthew Janusauskas w21@megsinet.net ---------- > From: Dave Hunt > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Cc: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Emacs and X > Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 10:12 > > If X is already installed, the 'config' script will find it, > supposedly. You acn also run 'make config --with-x=yes'. If the x > libraries are in a non-standard place, you'll have to tell 'config' > where they are. See the docs for details. > > > -- > Regards, > Dave Hunt > Amateur Radio: wx1g > > --- > Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com > Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux > Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux > To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com > with subject line: unsubscribe >