hi, ok that is good to know. I haven't been to happy with windows for sure. i am mostly a dos user but, would like to branch out in to linux if posable. charles On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Brent Harding wrote: > Linux is quite like unix, but not everything. If you can use an isp shell, > you probably can use linux. > At 10:35 AM 11/19/01 -0600, you wrote: > > > >hello, I am new to this list. I was wondering if this list is for all > >versions of linux, or just redhat. i am a bit new to linux, I will be > >getting a copy of slackware 8.0 as this was recomended for a blind user. is > >it very hard to get it set-up, and runing? also do I have to do alot to get > >the speech up, and runing. i was told that i should use something called > >speek-up is this hard to get working? my first computer was an amiga and so > >I have seen that unix like what is on my isp's shell is much the same as > >amigados so, isn't linux much the same as unix? thanks alot. > >charles > > > >Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Blinux-list@redhat.com > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >