From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail024.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.242]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVWTS-0002Fu-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 10:12:10 -0400 Received: from hogwarts.optusnet.com.au (c211-31-4-70.blktn4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [211.31.4.70]) by mail024.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.11.6p2/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i52EC6L16428 for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 00:12:07 +1000 Received: from shaun_oliver by hogwarts.optusnet.com.au with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BVWUE-0000Pe-2H for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:12:58 +1000 Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 00:12:57 +1000 From: Shaun Oliver To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040602141257.GA1576@hogwarts> Mail-Followup-To: Shaun Oliver , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <6.1.1.1.0.20040602071542.01bee338@mail.mchsi.com> <20040602124518.GA27845@rednote.net> <6.1.1.1.0.20040602081255.01bebda0@mail.mchsi.com> <20040602133813.GC27845@rednote.net> <6.1.1.1.0.20040602085759.01bf1f68@mail.mchsi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040602085759.01bf1f68@mail.mchsi.com> X-Useless-Header: Look ma, it's a # sign! X-Operating-System: Linux hogwarts 2.4.25 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: Subject: Re: gnome X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:12:11 -0000 I heard tell that Farhan delivered up the following on Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 08:58:46AM -0500, *SNIP* what if i don't have a hardware synth? wht > linux distro is good enough? suse? mandrake? redhat? unlike windows you're not confined to one particular flavour. the only advice we can give you is to choose the distro that you can get the most support for. and on this list, that's slackware, debian, gen2, and fedora. if you don't have a hardware synth you'll still miss out on hearing a kernel panic or any error that comes up before your sound does. just correct janina on a minor detale, speakup comes up after kernel decompress which is as early as you're going to get at this stage without modifying your bootloader's config file to have your prompt speak. we're here to help and that means also helping you overcome your objections or try to meet them head on and give you enough information to get started in the linux world. we all had to start somewhere. hth -- Shaun Oliver "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." email: shaun.oliver@optusnet.com.au WEB: http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 IRCNICK: blindman