From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16xFZt-0002ac-00 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 19:08:05 -0400 Received: (qmail 23470 invoked by uid 0); 15 Apr 2002 23:07:36 -0000 Received: from dhcp037-50-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.50.37) by mail.gmx.net (mp007-rz3) with SMTP; 15 Apr 2002 23:07:36 -0000 Message-ID: <000d01c1e4d2$48cacd40$25329718@ubr.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: Subject: Re: newest of the newbies Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 19:07:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi. Wel first, the DSL connection shouldn't be that hard to configure. Second, Linux has a built-in telnet client, and maybe an IRC one. Lynx and pine come standard with most distros. Hope this helps, Alex Snow email: alex_snow@gmx.net BBS: Telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org AIM: alex8887 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob" To: Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 4:57 PM Subject: newest of the newbies Hello List, I'll try and keep this short and I suppose one person answering will do, don't expect a big ol' thread on my question. Well it all started a couple Saturdays ago in my In box when I got a newsletter talking about, in part, investigating Linux and it gave a url. I followed it and was very intrigued since I miss my old Unix Shell account that I started on the computer with a few years ago. After doing some digging I found out about Speakup and the synthesizers it supports etc. I will be buying a Doubletalk if I indeed pursue Linux as an alternate operating system. I guess my immediate questions are, I have a dsl connection, how hard will it be to configure so that I may use it. Also, does Linux have a built in Telnet client and IRC client like my old Unix shell used to? How hard is it to find programs like Lynx and Pine? I know this is an established list with people already well into the use of Linux and I hate to bog it down with a bunch of newbie questions, but I looked all over and could not find a "Linux for blind newbies" list or I would have gone there lol. If anyone wants to email me directly you can mail to robd1953@mindspring.com I just basically want to see how people feel about using this exciting alternative to the dreaded Windows. *grin* Rob _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup