Hello, I have been following this conversation, and seeing people singing the praises of linux. I have been thinking about trying out linux, but I can not find a distro that has a talking installer that works with a software synth. I have a 32 bit laptop with no access to a hardware synth. I also do not have someone sighted who could help me. Is there a way for me to install linux without sighted assistance and no hardware synth? -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason White Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 6:01 PM To: Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: some bees nest stirring, was just how much can you do with? Tim Chase <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Just for the record, DOS has loadable drivers to make that memory >above 1 meg accessible to other programs. Blowing the cobwebs off >those corners of my mind, I seem to recall loading the EMM386.SYS >driver to do as much. That's right, and as I remember, you could buy and install Qemm to squeeze the most out of your lower 640KB of memory. There were problems with memory management, especially in loading device drivers, and it was all rather messy. I'm glad that DOS is a distant memory for me now. If there are people who still find it useful, that's fine, but Linux is just so much better. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list