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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:44:46 -0400
From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>
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Never heard of that flavor.  Has the distro got any python and maybe some
form of pip?  Reason I ask is you could pip install fenrir-screenreader if
pip is available.


Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2022, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:

> Hi,
> Has anyone here ever tried Slacko Puppy Linux?
> I just booted to it on a thumb drive in my Asus 701 EEEpc.
> It used to run XP, and has a limited 4 GB internal drive and 2 GB of RAM.
> I booted it up, and can do speaker-test, and I have read that the package
> manager has limited packages.
> It didn't come with espeak or espeak-ng, and I'm not sure yet if they are in
> its repository.
> If I can make it work, it seems light enough.
> Does anyone know of a more Debian/Ubuntu like distro that is really light
> that can run on an older computer like this?
> Thanks.
>
> Glenn
>
>
>