From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov ([136.177.7.10]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1D70Ea-0006qr-00 for ; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Received: from PUNK ([130.118.172.119]) by gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov (Lotus Domino Release 6.5.2) with SMTP id 2005030316592897-248918 ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:59:28 -0700 Message-ID: <001201c5204d$0990c3a0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> From: "Sean McMahon" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <2BACE92041AA764B9733158AE322541702BC6E@elrond.ad.hodgsonfamily.org> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:59:22 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 03/03/2005 16:59:29, Serialize by Router on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 03/03/2005 16:59:59, Serialize complete at 03/03/2005 16:59:59 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: Re: Try again a few years later X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0000 If you want the 2.6 kernel or need it, right out of the box, Fedora will be easiest for you. There's a good howto. I personally use debian, it's package management with apt is as easy as yum, there's a kernel package builder you can install if you wish to make your own kernel, the speakup kernel is available as a package for 2.4 kernels, and there's good documentation. Some differences, the debian speakup kernel assumes everything speakup related is built-in. You install debian from the iso image or floppys, and select the speakup kernel. If you want talking on bootup, insert the apropriate synth line in your boot loader configuration file.With Fedora you will also have to configure your boot loader I assume, but you will also have to make a ramdisk, something which is explained in the howto. The Fedora distro you will have to install by burning a few iso images, Debian you may install using a network install if you have a network available to you. The Fedora speakup kernel is as I said before, a later version and is more modular. I'm told the 2.6 kernel has better support for cd burning? If you have less then a few gigs of space, Debian may suit your needs better. Both distros are good. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" To: Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 3:37 PM Subject: Try again a few years later Hi, Well here I am again, still with my Linux machine which I installed a few years ago and connect to via SSH, but no working Speakup install!! I want to get a speakup install working, also want to try out the GUI applications if possible. I know some aspects of the command line as I use it to maintain the server I configured here, but hope I can learn a lot more with Speakup. Our local LUG seem to use the Mandrake distribution, which is very graphically oriented. I am either going to go with Debian or Fedora. Any thoughts on which is easiest to install? Thanks, Andrew. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup