From: Deedra Waters <dmwaters@gentoo.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: Various Questions
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:04:40 -0500 (CDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706181300210.13233@monster> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00b801c7b1c8$23d585c0$cc00a8c0@theboss>
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Nick G wrote:
> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:45:53 -0400
> From: Nick G <nick@hkcradio.com>
> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Subject: Various Questions
>
> Hi all.
> Now that Gentoo is no longer a linux distribution that can be installed
> with speakup, I want to know what is left that can do this? And at what
> date will 2.6.22 become Gentoo's main line kernel? Also, is there a shot at
> someone forking a Gentoo live CD and kernel set to include speakup when the
> 2.6.22 bug is fixed? I'd do it myself, but I'm not a programmer.
You can still install gentoo you just need to use one of the previous
livecds such as2007.1 or even one of the earlier ones such as 2006.1.
All a new release with gentoo means is a new set of livecds and more
current stages. Long as you've got internet access you can still
download a current stage.
Also nothing says that gentoo won't pick up the fixed speakup patch and
put it into 2.6.22 once it's fixed.
I think the main reason it got dropped is because 1, gentoo wants to
keep moving forward, this means a more current kernel and it can't do
that with patches that break the kernel.
>
> I have to reinstall linux because I'm changing machines soon. Gentoo was my
> favorite distribution ever since I began using it. In a lot of cases,
> installing programs just...works...And I can't say that for Debian, Fedora,
> or any other distribution (don't get me started.) So, I hope some of these
> questions can be answered.
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
> Long Island, New york
>
> Email or MSN/windows messenger: nick@HKCRadio.comm
> AIM: hkcradio
> skype: nick6489
> Web page: www.hkcradio.com
>
>
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Gentoo linux: http://www.gentoo.org
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