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 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16elyp-0002WL-00 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:53:27 -0500 Received: (qmail 30846 invoked by uid 0); 23 Feb 2002 23:52:59 -0000 Received: from dhcp232-68-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.68.232) by mail.gmx.net (mp013-rz3) with SMTP; 23 Feb 2002 23:52:59 -0000 Message-ID: <002701c1bcc5$36c8e800$6401a8c0@ubr.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: <003301c1bbbd$2201c940$303dc80a@ebnotebook> <019601c1bbd6$8ccb1740$0100a8c0@tward> <018001c1bc0e$08415d30$9b3180d1@ebnotebook> <004e01c1bc69$0ea0ed20$6401a8c0@ubr.charterne.com> <008001c1bc8f$e6ed6f70$9b3180d1@ebnotebook> Subject: Re: choosing a distro and version Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:52:50 -0500 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: Ed, Wich speach synth are you using? I just cant seem to get my Braille Lite to work, and that's the only thing I got (until tuxtalk is ready). Do you have any ideas? I called tec support and they gave me all the dumb ass solutions like "is your cable hooked up? Thanks in advance, Alex Snow P.S. what kind of system are you using? I'm using a 1 gig amd box with 128 megs of ram and thirty gigs of disk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Barnes" To: Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:01 PM Subject: Re: choosing a distro and version > Hi Alex. > Thanks for writing. > I would actually prefer to go with a system that is not a dual boot because > I hate dual boots unless they are the *only* option so I will be running the > system on a system dedicated to Linux only. > I also want the challenges of configuring the system as someone who will be > graduating from an I.T. program in May. > I feel the little introduction we received with regard to Linux totally > missed the boat so to speak so I want to teach myself all I can. > I am going to go Red Hat because there are more users of that distro locally > so I figure should I do anything to totally mess up my machine I'll have > more help sources around here should I need to avail of them. > Thanks and have a nice day. > Ed Barnes > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Snow" > To: > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:23 AM > Subject: Re: choosing a distro and version > > > Hi Ed, > I am a first-time linux user and have a piece of advice: If you haven't used > linux befor, download "zipspeak" from > ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/slackware/zipspeak/zipspeak.zip > It's a preconfigured slackware that will run from a fat partition. I'd > suggest it for people who are new to linux. It is pretty easy to setup and > I know how to set it up. Also it's author is very helpfull. > Hope this helps > Alex Snow > P.S. I am working on a red hat version of zipspeak. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >