hi there, well, thoes are some very good points. however, in my case I am still more of a dos user then a windows user I thought i knew something of linux because of having used my first computer wich was a comodorr amiga, and it's amigados was much like unix, or linux but, the more that i see of linux there are more differences then simulairities to amigados. if there is such a think as an easy to install, and set-up version do let me know. thanks alot. charles On 2002-03-07 blinux-list@redhat.com said: >over the years, I've installed many of the linux versions blind - >oriented or not... one thing I noticed is they just ain't simple. >I mean simple for everyone regardless o knowledge level. >there's a movement afoot in the mass market to simplify linux so >you never have to deal with it... like windows did for dos... of >course that may or may not have been a good idea, but imagine your >mother trying to run linux... >'nuf said right? >My thought is this. Assume there's such a thing as a generic >computer out there... which there is starting to be: >some kind-o-pentium with a processor from severa vendors (yes yes, >I know pentium means intel, but linux isn't that picky) >if we assume a generically huge hard disk and of course a sound >card, how complex would the cm be to come up with a distribution or >just a bootable cd (problem in itself) that would at least talk out >of the box... >recorded .wavs would be less desirable then tts, but might do in a >pinch... at least enough to bootstrap someone... preferably >without having to own various kinds of somewhat compatible >assistive technology products. >It woulden't even have to be a full system, but it must easily >migrate to a full installation. I'm thinking maximize stability >and do our best to keep the change monsters from getting out of >control. >just imagine a free or inexpensive cd shoved into a dirt cheap >computer ($50 for a reasonably powerful machine these days) and >bang, net access... and alll the gnu software you could want. >the big challenge is the darn installation... every dist has it a >tiny bit different, and nothing seems quite bullet-proof. >it's been about a year since I installed linux... maybe I should >just document where the hitches are these days. >anyone have any thoughts? >J >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 11:38 AM >I can't answer both your questions but the kernal command line for >the accent pc is speakup_synth=acntpc. I am not sure if Osvaldo >reads this list or not. >Kirk >-- >Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility >e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario >phone: (519) 661-3061 >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive