I just read an article in which the author said he gave his music students "live" linux CDs so they could try linux without reconfiguring their system. He didn't say what a live CD is but I guess it's a bootable CD with a complete linux system on it -- like Oralux. So that might be a good place to start.
Even though I'm an experienced linux user, something that I would find helpful is a live yasr CD or a live speakup CD. I've been using emacspeak for years and haven't bothered to even try anything else. I fear I may be missing out.
Anybody know if such things exist? Are they even technically possible?
At 08:13 AM 6/9/2004, Stoppard wrote:
Sorry I can't really answer all of those questions as I am new my self. But I would say patience staying power are the main 2 things, closely followed by finding where to look for information and where to ask questions.
I am currently using Oralux which runs from cd so no install is necessary. www.oralux.org
hope this helps, Nigel,
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