From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mclean.mail.mindspring.net ([207.69.200.57]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16xDYH-0006r6-00 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:58:17 -0400 Received: from user-11214pa.dsl.mindspring.com ([66.32.147.42]) by mclean.mail.mindspring.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16xDYI-0005Gx-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:58:18 -0400 From: Rob To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: newest of the newbies Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:57:54 -0700 Message-ID: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: Hello List, I'll try and keep this short and I suppose one person answering will do, don't expect a big ol' thread on my question. Well it all started a couple Saturdays ago in my In box when I got a newsletter talking about, in part, investigating Linux and it gave a url. I followed it and was very intrigued since I miss my old Unix Shell account that I started on the computer with a few years ago. After doing some digging I found out about Speakup and the synthesizers it supports etc. I will be buying a Doubletalk if I indeed pursue Linux as an alternate operating system. I guess my immediate questions are, I have a dsl connection, how hard will it be to configure so that I may use it. Also, does Linux have a built in Telnet client and IRC client like my old Unix shell used to? How hard is it to find programs like Lynx and Pine? I know this is an established list with people already well into the use of Linux and I hate to bog it down with a bunch of newbie questions, but I looked all over and could not find a "Linux for blind newbies" list or I would have gone there lol. If anyone wants to email me directly you can mail to robd1953@mindspring.com I just basically want to see how people feel about using this exciting alternative to the dreaded Windows. *grin* Rob