From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cesarchavez.cagreens.org ([205.158.174.206] helo=pk.greens.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19QpT3-0004iz-00 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:23:49 -0400 Received: (qmail 32181 invoked by uid 0); 13 Jun 2003 14:24:39 -0000 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 13 Jun 2003 14:24:39 -0000 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:24:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Hugh Esco X-X-Sender: hesco@petra-k.cagreens.org To: Speakup List Subject: Re: Now what? In-Reply-To: <16105.49699.696639.971363@akp@eznet.net> Message-ID: References: <001101c33154$79e88000$481e0343@pcuser> <16105.49699.696639.971363@akp@eznet.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 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: Knoppix (not Knorpix) is a bootable iso image of a Debian distribution on a CD. It will load a linux kernel into RAM and run a plethora of applications off the CD, without ever touching your hard drive, unless you specifically mount and use it (read-only or if you are daring read-write). I do not know whether speakup is built into Knoppix, or emacspeak, or any other such tool. But I do know that a Knoppix disk can be customized by whoever burns the CD to contain just about any software they wish to include. Knoppix's strong point, besides its ability to decompress software on the fly and run it off the CD, seems to be its hardware recognition tools. One of my linux mentors swears by using the Knoppix CD to write his XF86Config files for the X11 server. Better than any he has ever hand-hacked, he says. -- Hugh On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi Kathy, > > >>>>> "Kathy" == Kathy Seven Williams writes: > > Kathy> OK, I've finished my computer building class, and as my > Kathy> reward, my instructor gave me Linux in a self-bootable > Kathy> CD-ROM version I can use right away. I think it's called > Kathy> Knorpix or something like that. I've not even triedit > Kathy> yet. Where do I go from here? Where and how do I get access > Kathy> so I can play? > > > Well, Kathy, I've never heard of Norpix. I have heard of Red Hat, > Debian, Slackware, but not Norpix. There are bootable images you can > download from the speakup site: > > http://www.linux-speakup.org > > They all have Speakup built into them. That's your best bet, I > think. > > There are a lot of folks on the speakup list who can help you better > than can I. So, I am CC'ing the list now. I think it's great you > want to try Linux. I'm sure someone will write back and help you > out. > > Ann P. > > Kathy> -- "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be > Kathy> done, it was done." Helen Keller > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >